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          LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry

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          Trumbull Ave.

          Trumbull Ave.

          by Michael Lauchlan

          Price: $17.99

          ISBN: 9780814340967

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: April 2015

          Format: Paperback

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          128 Pages

          All readers of poetry will enjoy the musical and vivid verse in Trumbull Ave.

          Practicing to Walk Like a Heron

          Practicing to Walk Like a Heron

          by Jack Ridl

          Price: $19.99

          ISBN: 9780814334539

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: February 2013

          Format: Paperback

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          176 Pages

          This relatable and emotionally powerful volume will appeal to all poetry readers.

          Earth Again

          Earth Again

          by Chris Dombrowski

          Price: $17.99

          ISBN: 9780814337295

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: February 2013

          Format: Paperback

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          96 Pages

          Fans of Dombrowski's previous collection, By Cold Water (which was noted as a contemporary poetry bestseller by the Poetry Foundation in 2009), along with other poets and poetry lovers will appreciate the attention to detail and the imaginative intensity of the poems in Earth Again.

          Byron and the Jews

          Byron and the Jews

          by Sheila A. Spector

          Price: $64.99

          ISBN: 9780814334423

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: July 2010

          Format: Hardcover

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          256 Pages

          Scholars of Byron, Jewish identity, and those interested in translation and reception studies will appreciate this insightful volume.

          Birth of a Notion; Or, the Half Ain’t Never Been Told

          Birth of a Notion; Or, the Half Ain't Never Been Told

          A Narrative Account with Entertaining Passages of the State of Minstrelsy and of America & the True Relation Thereof

          by Bill Harris

          Price: $19.99

          ISBN: 9780814334089

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: May 2010

          Format: Paperback

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          232 Pages

          Anyone interested in poetry, American history, and African American studies will appreciate Birth of a Notion.

          After-Music

          After-Music

          by Conrad Hilberry

          Price: $17.99

          ISBN: 9780814333525

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: January 2008

          Format: Paperback

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          152 Pages

          Poetry lovers and teachers and students of contemporary verse will enjoy this significant volume.

          Poetry’s Playground

          Poetry's Playground

          The Culture of Contemporary American Children's Poetry

          by Joseph T. Thomas

          Price: $27.99

          ISBN: 9780814332962

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: February 2007

          Format: Paperback

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          200 Pages

          This book will be of interest to poets, scholars of poetry and children’s literature, as well as students and teachers of literary history, cultural anthropology, and contemporary poetry.

          Broken Symmetry

          Broken Symmetry

          by Jack Ridl

          Price: $17.99

          ISBN: 9780814333228

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: March 2006

          Format: Paperback

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          136 Pages

          The straightforward language and universal subject matter make Broken Symmetry a profound collection of poetry that will appeal to readers of all backgrounds.

          John Donne and the Protestant Reformation

          John Donne and the Protestant Reformation

          New Perspectives

          Edited by Mary Arshagouni Papazian

          Price: $46.99

          ISBN: 9780814330128

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: July 2003

          Format: Hardcover

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          400 Pages

          This collection offers a fresh understanding of Donne’s hard-won irenicism, which he achieved at great personal and professional risk.

          The Modern Hebrew Poem Itself

          The Modern Hebrew Poem Itself

          A New and Updated Edition

          Edited by Stanley Burnshaw, Susan F. Glassman, T Carmi, Ariel Hirschfeld and Ezra Spicehandler

          Price: $33.99

          ISBN: 9780814324851

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: February 2003

          Format: Paperback

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          360 Pages

          The Modern Hebrew Poem Itself is a must-have for lovers of poetry and Jewish literature.

          I Want to Fall Like This

          I Want to Fall Like This

          Selected Poems of Rukhl Fishman, a Bilingual Edition

          by Rukhl Fishman

          Introduction by David G. Roskies

          Translated by Seymour Levitan

          Price: $22.99

          ISBN: 9780814325414

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: October 1994

          Format: Paperback

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          208 Pages

          As Fishman matured and her health turned poor, she began to ponder the passage of time by viewing nature through a darker and more restrictive lens, creating some of her most thoughtful and stirring work, all of which is captured and expertly translated in I Want to Fall Like This.

          Hatshepsut, Speak to Me

          Hatshepsut, Speak to Me

          by Ruth Whitman

          Price: $19.99

          ISBN: 9780814323809

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: June 1992

          Format: Paperback

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          96 Pages

          Hatshepsut, Speak to Me represents a culmination of Ruth Whitman's series of groundbreaking narrative poems written in the voices of other extraordinary women—Lizzie Borden, Tamsen Donner, Hanna Senesh, Anna Pavlova, and Isadora Duncan.

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