National Poetry Month continues with a title mash-up salute to ‘poetry.’
From a collection of 47 issues of Poetry Magazine, all featuring the poet Billy Collins as a contributor, to the first volume, 12 issues, of the seminal literary magazine The Poetry Review published in 1912/13 here’s 10 with poetry in the title.
All selections for ‘Poetry in the Title’ come from the booksellers of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), an organization dedicated to promoting quality independent online bookselling.
Billy Collins in Pieces
The Books:
1. Poetry Lover by Gary Soto. University of New Mexico Press, (2001.) Signed. $35.
2. Poetry by Bernadette Mayer. Kulchur Foundation. (1976). $50.
3. Collection of 47 Issues of Poetry Magazine, All Featuring Billy Collins. Chicago: Poetry Foundation, 1988-2008. $100.
4. The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry. Edited by Alan Kaufman. Thunder’s Mouth Press, 1999. . First printing in wrappers. Inscribed by Kaufman “”to. . . from one Jewish Outlaw to another…”. $95.
5. Poetry and the Film: A Symposium. Gotham Book Mart. 1972. Signed by author Arthur Miller on front cover. On October 28, 1953, Cinema 16 held two sessions of a symposium with Maya Deren, Parker Tyler, Dylan Thomas, and Arthur Miller. $200.
6. why poetry? by richard a. soos jr. (Marina, California: Realities. 1975). $50.
7. The Poetry Review. Volume 1 (January to December, 1912). The Poetry Bookshop, London [1912/13]. Edited by Harold Monro. First 12 issues of this seminal literary magazine. £250.
8. An Introduction To Japanese Court Poetry by Earl Miner. Stanford University Press, 1968. $35.
9. Poetry, Fish Tales & Reflections. Self Published. Near Fine with no dust jacket. Hardcover. 85 pp. Undated, ca 1983. An interesting collection of poems and thoughts by Jess Edds, published as a tribute by his son. $35.
10. poetry and poverty. number 2. London: Poetry and Poverty, ca. early 1950’s. Contirbutions by Lawrence Durrell, Herbert Read, Clifford Dyment, Kathleen Raine among others. $25.
