In asking "Who, as a writer, am I?" E.E. Cummings's affirmation of life resolved into serenity as he described himself as someone "whose only happiness is to transcend himself, whose every agony is to grow." This collection of Cummings reading his own poetry embodies this in an unforgettable way.Whi[...]

Lyrical verses span the career of a twentieth-century American poet, and illuminate his concern for the future of humanity[...]

In 1917 young Edward Estlin Cummings went to France as a volunteer with a Red Cross ambulance unit on the western front. But his free-spirited, insubordinate ways soon got him tagged as a possible enemy of La Patrie, and he was summarily tossed into a French concentration camp at La Ferte-Mace in No[...]

One hundred and fifty-six poems, grouped by theme, are accompanied by drawings, oils, and watercolors by the poet[...]

In concise format, this is a collection of poems which celebrate the uniqueness of each individual, the need to protest against the dehumanizing force of organizations, and the exuberant power of love.[...]

First published in 1931, ViVa contains four of E. E. Cummings' most experimental poems as well as some of his most memorable. The volume includes such no-famous celebrations as "i sing of Olaf glad and big" and "if there are any heavens my mother will (all be herself) have," along with such favorite[...]

Appearing for the first time in a Liveright paperback edition, 22 and 50 Poems combines twenty-two new poems from Cummings's Collected Poems (1938) with his 50 Poems (1940). Included are such favorites as "My father moved through dooms of love" and "anyone lived in a pretty how town," along with the[...]

Four months after Cummings's death in September 1962, his widow, the photographer Marion Morehouse, collected the typescripts of 29 new poems. These poems, as well as uncollected poems published only in periodicals up to that time, make up 73 Poems. This is the final volume in Liveright's reissue of[...]

The Theatre of E. E. Cummings collects in their entirety Cummings's long out-of-print theatrical works: the plays HIM (1927), Anthropos (1930), and Santa Claus (1946), and the ballet treatment Tom (1935). In HIM, a creatively blocked artist and his lover, Me, struggle to bridge the impasse in their [...]

Drawing on E.E. Cummings's experiences in France as an ambulance driver, The Enormous Room was one of the greatest American literary works to emerge out of the First World War. This edition offers a multifaceted lens onto the inner life of the poet.[...]

One of the Best Books of the Year: The Economist, San Francisco Chronicle
Cummings, in his radical experimentation with form, punctuation, spelling, and syntax, created a new kind of poetic expression. Because of his powerful work, he became a generation s beloved heretic at the time of his dea[...]

Each book in this innovative series is a combination of poetry and biography. Concise yet revealing biographical segments are interspersed with selections from the poets' works. A strong visual background enhances the reading experience, as real-life photographs are combined with interpretive illust[...]