"In the Wake of the Day" is a book of memories and journeys; from the chaotic energy of urban life in modern Istanbul, where John Ash lives, to the ruins of vanished civilisations; from personal incident to the narratives and vacancies of cultures. A...

Even after half a century of amazing readers, John Ashbery continues to delight and challenge with his inventiveness. "Planisphere" takes the reader on a dizzying journey in the company of a virtuoso and sorcerer who makes the commonplace magical, di...

Not for sale in Estonia! A collection of outrageous short stories about heretics, renegade mystics and criminal religious fanatics, "The Heresiarch & Co." was Apollinaire's first book, and reportedly remained his favorite. Making full use of his en...

Since the 1960s the English poet Matthew Mead and his German wife Ruth have translated selections from poets to whom they were drawn. This is their own choice from the many memorable poems which they have translated. The collection celebrates a fasci...

Told is about the art of story, not the science. It defines the twenty great principles of storytelling and then shows how they work by weaving them into 30 illustrated short stories that vary in format from poetry to screenplay. From genre to premi...

In Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke's poetry the body, myth, the soul, nature and language are deeply entangled concepts. Yet her poetry is passionate and direct: "I am not interested in distorting reality when I play with language". With translations by suc...

Valentine Ackland is best known as the lover of poet Sylvia Townsend Warner, with whom she collaborated on "Whether a Dove or a Seagull" (1934). She was a distinguished poet in her own right, however, and enjoyed popular success during the 1930s. Con...

"In Notes from the Air" John Ashbery selects his very best work from ten major collections, starting with the acclaimed April Galleons of 1988, and ending with "Where Shall I Wander" of 2005. This selection of Ashbery's later poetry is the sequel to...

One of the most significant poetic achievements of our time, John Ashbery's "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror" was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award and the National Book Critics' Circle Award upon its publication in 1976. The long...

The document known as "The Parthian Stations" is an account of the overland route from Antioch to the borders of India in the first century BC. John Ash's own Parthian Stations begins with his departure from New York to Istanbul. It is a journey, as...