Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel Speak was first published twenty years ago, she has written a poetry memoir that is as vulnerable as it is rallying, as timely as it is timeless. In free verse, Anderson shares reflections, rants, and...

Presents forty-one of the author's favorite poems, including a variety of short poems, poems about her bichon Percy, and such classics as "Doesn't Every Poet Write a Poem about Unrequited Love?" and "The Dipper."

In A THOUSAND MORNINGS, Mary Oliver returns to the imagery that has come to define her lifes work, transporting us to the marshland and coastline of her beloved home, Provincetown, Massachusetts. In these pages, Oliver shares the wonder of dawn, the grace of animals, and the transformative power of attention. Whether studying the leaves of a tree or mourning her adored dog, Percy, she is ever patient in her observations and open to the teachings contained...

The applicant / Sylvia Plath -- The father of my country / Diane Wakoski -- Kathe Kollwitz ; Not to be printed, not to said, not to be thought / Muriel Rukesyser -- Planetarium ; Diving into the wreck ; Phantasia for Elvira Shatayev / Adrienne Rich -- The ballad of the lonely masturbator / Anne Sexton -- The anniversary / Alicia Ostriker -- personal letter #2 ; a poem for my father / sonia Sanchez -- Miscarriage ; 10 commandments for liberation ;...