POETRY


Winter Recipes From the Collective Carcanet Poetry, 28th October, hb, eb, £11.99, 9781800171800 Rapt new hardback collec- tion of 15 poems and sequences from the recipi- ent of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2020.


Albert Goldbarth Other Worlds University of Pittsburgh Press, 2nd November, pb, £13.50, 9780822966692 Collection examines life from a quasi-science- fiction perspective.


Robert P Goldman (ed), Sally J Sutherland Goldman (ed) The Rāmāyana of Vālmīki: The Complete English Translation Princeton University Press, 7th December, pb, eb, £22, 9780691206868 Definitive English transla- tion of the classic Sanskrit epic poem, now in one volume.


Amanda Gorman The Hill We Climb and Other Poems Chatto & Windus, 21st September, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781784744618 Breakout poetry collection by presidential inaugural poet.


Thomas Gray, Agnes Miller Parker, Carol Rumens Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard Bodleian Library, 29th October, hb, £16.99, 9781851245772 With exquisite wood engravings by Parker, this is the perfect gift for new readers or for those already familiar with its riches.


Gulzar A Poem a Day HarperIndia, 11th November, hb, £40, 9789353575908 Prestigious volume show- cases 365 memorable poems for every day of the year, written over the seven decades since Indian Independence.


Nicki Heinen There May Not Be a Reason Why Verve Poetry Press, 23rd September, pb, £9.99, 9781912565658 Début collection from the organiser of London’s Words and Jazz monthly poetry night.


Sophus Helle Gilgamesh Yale University Press, 25th January, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780300251180 A poem for the ages, freshly and accessibly


translated by an interna- tional rising star, bringing together scholarly preci- sion and poetic grace.


Selima Hill Men Who Feed Pigeons Bloodaxe Books, 16th September, pb, eb, £12, 9781780375861 Hill’s 20th collection brings together seven sequences of short, surreal, disturb- ing, humorous poems relating to men and to women’s relationships with men.


Shaun Hill Warm Blooded Things Nine Arches Press, 21st October, pb, £9.99, 9781913437213 Début collection from a queer writer exploring post-capitalist ways of being.


Nigel Hutchinson Do Not Enter Alarmed Area Cinnamon Press, 6th September, pb, £9.99, 9781788641104 Follow-up collection to Hutchinson’s warmly received début, The Humble Family Interviews.


Kathleen Jamie (ed), Don Paterson (ed), Peter Mackay (ed) The Golden Treasury of Scottish Verse Canongate, 16th September, hb, eb, £25, 9781838852610 Timeless gift edition of the greatest poetic works from Scotland’s literary past, present and future. Edited by award-winning poets.


Carolyn Jess-Cooke We Have to Leave the Earth Seren, 18th October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781781726433 Jess-Cooke’s work is both keenly political and personal, touching on themes of climate change, activism and motherhood.


Maria Johnston (ed), Conor Linnie (ed) Irish Women Poets Rediscovered Cork University Press, 1st October, hb, £35, 9781782054795 Groundbreaking collec- tion of original essays brings to new recognition the lives and work of 17 remarkable Irish women.


Troy Jollimore Earthly Delights Princeton University Press, 19th October, pb, eb, £14.99, 9780691218823 From the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award a collection of philosophical medita- tions on film, painting, music and poetry itself.


Patrick Jones Fuse Parthian Books, 4th October, pb, eb, £9, 9781913640422 A 20th-anniversary edition with a foreword by James Dean Bradfield. Jones’ acclaimed drama and poetry in one volume. Also includes new poems.


Jenny Joseph Warning: When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple Profile Books, 7th October, hb, £6.99, 9781788168182 Twice-voted poem of the year, Warning is an uplift- ing poem about growing older. Now beautifully redesigned with new illustrations.


Henn Kim Starry Night, Blurry Dreams Bloomsbury, 19th August, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781526635600 Collection of graphic poetry about loneliness, love and existence.


Gregorio Kohon (tr), Toni Griffiths (tr) Odetta in Babylon and the Canada Express Parthian Books, 6th September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781913640514 With an introduction by Gwen MacKeith. Lyrical narrative poem translated from the Spanish, origi- nally published in 1968.


Laura Kolbe Little Pharma University of Pittsburgh Press, 5th October, pb, £13.50, 9780822966722 Dantean journey from the depths of an institu- tion, and of a pervad- ing personal dread to a renewed celebration of human contact, the body, and the excitement of ongoing life.


Gill Learner Change Two Rivers Press, 21st October, pb, £9.99, 9781909747890 Learner’s third collection refers to both personal experience and what’s been happening in our third-millennium world.


Sue Leigh Her Orchards Two Rivers Press, 22nd November, pb, £9.99, 9781909747920 Leigh’s poems depict our restless, necessary, spirited journeys into being and suggest that in our look- ing, in our making, we may find and lose ourselves.


Federico Garcia Lorca, Merryn Williams (tr) Selected Poems Bloodaxe Books, 21st October, pb, eb, £12.99,


9781780376103 Reissue of Spanish-English edition of Williams’ comprehensive selection and the first to include his Dark Sonnets in English with new introduction and Lorca’s Duende essay.


Hannah Lowe The Kids Bloodaxe Books, 16th September, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781780375793 Lowe taught for a decade in an inner London sixth form. At the heart of this book of compassionate and energetic sonnets are her students, the teenag- ers she nurtured.


Owen Lowery The Crash Wake and Other Poems Carcanet Poetry, 28th October, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781800171763 Lowery’s third collection explores the importance and fragility of life, follow- ing a car accident.


Carola Luther On the Way to Jerusalem Farm Carcanet Poetry, 30th September, pb, eb, £11.99, 9781800171633 Third anthology from South Africa-born poet explores the complexities of living in a damaged world.


Pauline Mackay Burns for Every Day of the Year Black and White, 4th November, pb, £14.99, 9781785303586 Join Robert Burns on a wide-ranging journey of poetry, prose and song through every day of the year.


Joan Margarit, Anna Crowe (tr) Wild Creature Bloodaxe Books, 11th November, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781780375922 Catalan poet Margarit was one of Spain’s major modern writers. In his final collection he faces the approach of death with courage, humility and even humour.


Aurielle Marie Gumbo Ya Ya: Poems University of Pittsburgh Press, 21st September, pb, £14, 9780822966661 Winner of the 2020 Cave Canem Poetry Prize.


Pauline Maykay Burns for Every Week of the Year Diary 2022 Black and White, 9th September, hb, £12.99, 9781785303616 From the author of Burns for Every Day of the Year a sumptuous, illustrated


hardback diary containing an eclectic selection of 52 poems, songs and letters.


Wong May (ed/tr) In the Same Light Carcanet Classics, 27th January, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781800172128 Poet and painter Wong May’s book of poems and accompanying essay translate the great poets of the Tang Dynasty and make them at home in 21st-century English.


Gail McConnell The Sun is Open Penned in the Margins, 15th September, pb, £9.99, 9781908058928 Startling portrait of grief, family and child- hood. Début collection introduces a major new talent in English-language poetry.


Roger McGough Safety in Numbers Viking, 11th November, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780241517352 Lovely new collection of poetry from one of Brit- ain’s best-loved poets.


Edna St Vincent Millay, Tristram Fane Saunders (ed) Poems and Satires Carcanet Classics, 30th September, pb, £14.99, 9781800171671 Comprehensive selected edition of the work of the most popular American writer of her generation and the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.


Tôpher Mills Sex on Toast Parthian Books, 1st October, pb, eb, £9, 9781912681877 Brings together new and selected poems from the acclaimed poet.


Amanda Moore Requeening Ecco, 9th December, pb, £12.99, 9780063096288 Collection from the 2020 winner of the National Poetry Series, selected by Ocean Vuong.


Kim Moore All the Men I Never Married Seren, 4th October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781781726419 Highly anticipated second collection by award- winning poet explores the idea of sexism as a slip- pery concept.


Ahmed Morsi, Raphael Cohen, Raphael Cohen Poems of Alexandria and New York Banipal Books, 9th September, pb, £9.99, 9781913043155 First poetry collection


in English translation of renowned Egyptian painter.


Togara Muzanenhamo Virga Carcanet Poetry, 26th August, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781800171435 Third collection by lead- ing contemporary African poet captures events and stories told through a fast- evolving century encased beneath an ancient, frag- ile sky.


SERIES


Macmillan Collector’s Library Adam Nicolson, Gaby Morgan (ed) 301: Poems of the Sea Macmillan Collector’s Library, 30th September, hb, eb, £10.99, 9781529045666 Gorgeous collection of classic poetry all about the sea and the rivers and lakes that feed them.


Wild Imperfections Cassava Republic Press, 21st September, pb, £12.99, 9781913175252 An invitation to a gather- ing of poets from across the world.


New Beginnings: When the Morning Comes Renard Press, 29th September, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781913724450 Collection celebrat- ing those whose voices were silenced in 2020. A glimmer of hope for the future and a manifesto for change.


Stephanie Norgate The Conversation Bloodaxe Books, 16th September, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781780375748 Explores relationships between nature and city, past and present, in visual, sensuous and imaginative poems.


Golnoosh Nour Rocksong Verve Poetry Press, 21st October, pb, £9.99, 9781912565627 “These poems flirt and confront in turns, they seduce and attack, they are tender and grotesque. They create a strangely exultant burlesque on identity, sexuality, desire and language”—Fran Lock.


Andres Ordorica At Least This I Know 404 Ink, 27th January, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781912489466 Powerful, much-antic- ipated début explores ancestry, racism, nation- hood, activism and queer- ness in a journey through childhood to adulthood.


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