Search Results: Poetry from Backstory Books & Yarn, CBA

Moore, Todd & Gina Bergamino. American cannibal. East Meadow, NY: Mulberry Press, 1992, 20 pp. Inscribed by Todd Moore to previous owner with the message "Death, love and outlaw poetry."Very good chap book in stapled paper wraps, the cover illustrated with eyes below the title.

Story, W. W. Graffiti D'Italia. New York: Charles Scribner & Co., 1868. First Edition. 8vo. 412 pp. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Good hardcover bound in brown cloth with Story's monogram in gilt on cover, with black and gilt lines and gilt title and author on spine. There is wear and some fraying at the corners and edges. The inside hinges have cracked, but the super is holding. Previous owner's book plate on front pastedown. Text is clean, but there are a few stray pencil marks on first and last pages.William Wetmore Story was the son of Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story of Massachusetts. After becoming a sculptor and rejecting the law, WW Story moved to Italy. A contemporary of Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Brownings, Story wrote the poems in this volume as dramatic pieces in the voice of historical personages or fictitious characters.

Finney, Nikky. Head off and split. Evanston: TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press, 2011, 97 pp. Later printing.Very good paperback copy, flat signed by the author on the title page. There is a gold sticker on the cover in honor of this book being a National Book Award Winner, and a copy of Ms. Finney's acceptance speech for the award follows the text.

A very good copy of this hardcover book, lacking the dust jacket. The rear lower corner is slightly bumped and there is some slight shelf wear. No marks or significant signs of wear.Liu, James J.Y. The Poetry of Li Shang-yin: ninth-century Baroque Chinese poet. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1969, first edition, 284 pp., references, bibliography, glossary-index.The majority of this book consists of translations of Li Shang-yin's poetry with notes and commentaries. Mr. Liu opens the book with Li's historical background, gives a biographical sketch, and discusses difficulties in translation. Finally Liu expands on the poetry with theories on Chinese poetry, specifically Li's language and his meaning to a Western reader.

Baranczak, Stanislaw. Under my own roof. Forest Grove: Mr. Cogito Press, 1980. stapled pamphlet in somewhat rubbed wraps, [16 pp], unpaginated. Very good.Translated from the Polish by Frank Kujawinski; original Polish poems are also included. Cover illustration by Thomas Cassidy.

Carroll, Jim. Void of course: poems: 1994-1997. New York: Penguin Books, first edition, 1998, 113 pp.Fine paperback copy. Flat signed.