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• Dialogues With Rising Tides

  Agodon, Kelli Russell,

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  Each poem in this collection facilitates a humane and honest conversation with the forces that threaten to take us under. The anxieties and heartbreaks of life--including environmental collapse, cruel politics, and the persistent specter of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What I've Stolen, What I've Earned

  Alexie, Sherman, 1966-

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  Well-known for his novel Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Alexie is described as "one of the major lyric voices of our time" (NY Times Book Review), This was his first new collection of poetry and short prose after a six-year hiatus.

• The Galleons

  Poems

  Barot, Rick, 1969-

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  For almost twenty years, Rick Barot has been writing some of the most stunningly crafted lyric poems in America, paying careful attention to the layered world that surrounds us. In this collection, he widens his scope, contextualizing the immigrant…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• WA129

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  WA129 is a collection of poetry gathered from the people of Washington State. Compiled and edited by 2016-2018 Washington State Poet Laureate Tod Marshall, the book features poetry by amateur poets alongside acclaimed writers including Sherman…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Hardy Tree

  Bierds, Linda,

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  Focusing on figures such as Thomas Hardy, Alan Turing, Virginia Woolf, and the World War One poets, The Hardy Tree examines power, oppression and individual rights in ways that reverberate through our lives today.

• Cipota Under the Moon

  Poems

  Castro Luna, Claudia María,

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  In Cipota under the Moon, Claudia Castro Luna scores a series of poems as an ode to the Salvadoran immigrant experience in the United States. The poems are wrought with memories of the 1980s civil war and rich with observations from recent returns…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Since the House Is Burning

  Poems

  Edison, Suzanne,

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  Suzanne Edison MA, MFA, writes most often about the intersection of illness, healing, our natural world, politics, and art.

• Post Romantic

  Flenniken, Kathleen,

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  These poems sort through moments of childhood, marriage, and other cultural touchstones and hold them up to the clear light. Flenniken addresses the difficult task of learning to re-see what is before us and trying to find comfort in a complicated…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Disturbing the Light

  Green, Samuel, 1948-

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  in Disturbing the Light , Green includes poems written in response to symptoms of late onset PTSD. Though his service in Vietnam ended in the fall of 1969, memories have returned recently in vivid, disturbing details, amplified by the haunting…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Turn Around Time

  a Walking Poem for the Pacific Northwest

  Guterson, David,

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  For award-winning novelist David Guterson, the phrase "turn around time" that is often used by hikers to indicate the point in an adventure where one must return to the starting point, is also a metaphor for where we find ourselves in the middle of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Habit of Buenos Aires

  Healy, Lorraine

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  This collection of poetry evokes the Argentina of her youth, re-creations of Irish history where her maternal ancestors lived and died and includes poems of love and family.

• Her Wilderness Will Be Her Manners

  Mangold, Sarah,

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  An innovative book-length poem that delves into the intricacies of natural history dioramas, taxidermy, landscape, and women naturalists, Her Wilderness Will Be Her Manners is an experience of looking for "Woman's Work" in American natural history…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Time Will Clean the Carcass Bones

  Selected and New Poems

  Perillo, Lucia, 1958-2016,

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  Lucia Perillo is a fearless poet who, with characteristic humor and incisive irony, confronts the failings and wonder of nature, particularly the frail and resilient human body. This generous collection draws upon five previous volumes, including…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Reckless Lovely

  Silano, Martha,

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  Martha Silano's new collection begins with The Big Bang and ends with the unleashing of twelve million bees from a jack-knifed semi. In between, Reckless Lovely ricochets from Renaissance masterworks to amusement parks, from fissures to fission,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Body My House

  Poems

  Reid, Bethany,

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  This poetry collection is written with the most expert care.

• After the Point of No Return

  Wagoner, David

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  In his twenty-fourth book of poetry, David Wagoner reflects on youth, love, regret, and expectation versus reality. Here a master writes at top form, back-dropped by life's curious moments and imagining Jesus as an untidy roommate or considering our…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Not Be Afraid of Everything

  Wong, Jane,

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  Wong's poetry collection explores the vulnerable ways we articulate and reckon with fear: fear of intergenerational trauma and the silent, hidden histories of families. Full of elegy and resilient joy, these poems speak across generations of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sounding From the Salish Sea

  a Pacific Northwest Poetry Anthology

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  A collection of poetry featuring poets from the Pacific Northwest celebrating the Salish Sea.

• The Spar Tree

  on Being Human in the PNW

  Porter, Richard (Poet),

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  The Spar Tree is a collection of essays, film photographs, and poems seeking to answer the essential question what does it mean to live in this place at this time?

• A Flutter of Birds Passing Through Heaven

  a Tribute to Robert Sund

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  The poet and artist Robert Sund is a Pacific Northwest legend. This book is an inspired biography comprised of stories, memories, poetry, photography and artwork by those who knew him.