This unique volume presents a Borges almost entirely unknown to American readers: his extraordinary non--fiction prose. Borges' unlimited curiosity and almost superhuman erudition become, in his essays, reviews, lectures, and political and cultural notes, a vortex for seemingly the entire universe: [...]

Poems, in both English translation and the original Spanish, deal with fate, nature, language, intimacy, love, friendship, and the senses.[...]

Many of the twenty-eight essays in Oranges & Peanuts for Sale have appeared in translation in seventeen countries; some have never been published in English before. They include introductions for books of avant-garde poets; collaborations with visual artists, and articles for publications such as Th[...]

In 1990, the Swedish Academy awarded Octavio Paz the Nobel Prize in Literature for impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity. Paz is a writer for the entire world to celebrate (Chicago Tribune), the poet-archer who goes straight to the he[...]

This rich compendium of translations is the first to look at Chinese poetry through its enormous influence on American poetry. Starting with Ezra Pound's "Cathay" (1915), it includes translations by three other American poets (William Carlos Williams, Kenneth Rexroth, Gary Snyder) and a translator-s[...]

in the mirror there is always this momentthis moment leads to the door of rebirththe door opens to the seathe rose of time Bei Dao The Rose of Time: New & Selected Poems presents a glowing selection of poetry by contemporary China s most celebrated poet, Bei Dao. From his earliest work, Bei Dao deve[...]