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020    9780399592836 (hardback : acid-free paper) 
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082 00 808.8/0353|223 
092    808.80353|bHOW 
245 00 How lovely the ruins :|binspirational poems and words for 
       difficult times /|cforeword by Elizabeth Alexander. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bSpiegel & Grau,|c2017. 
300    xviii, 198 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
505 00 |gI.How lovely the ruins --|tTry to praise the mutilated 
       world /|rAdam Zagajewski (translated by Clare Cavanagh) --
       |tThere are birds here /|rJamaal May --|tThe rubaiyat of 
       Omar Khayyam (excerpt) /|rOmar Khayyam --|tPoem /|rMuriel 
       Rukeyser --|tHaiku /|rClark Strand --|tFire and ice /
       |rRobert Frost --|tThe place where we are right /|rYehuda 
       Amichai (translated by Chana Bloch and Stephen Mitchell) -
       -|tAll you who sleep tonight /|rVikram Seth --|tThe guest 
       house /|rRumi (translated by Colman Barks) --|tThe 
       sentence (excerpt) /|rAnna Akhmatova (translated by Judith
       Hemschemeyer) --|tA green crab's shell /|rMark Doty --
       |tDover beach /|rMatthew Arnold --|tOut beyond ideas /
       |rRumi (translated by Colman Barks) --|tHaiku /|rMasahide 
       --|tWhat kind of times are these /|rAdrienne Rich --
       |tMusee des beaux arts /|rW.H.|tAuden --|tSci-fi /|rTracy 
       K.|tSmith --|gII.Against Tyranny --|tQuotation from 
       Eleanor Roosevelt --|tNineteen hundred and nineteen 
       (excerpt) /|rW.B.|tYeats --|tI hear America signing /
       |rWalt Whitman --|tDifference of opinion /|rWendy Cope --
       |tTerence, this is stupid stuff /|rA.E.|tHousman --
       |tQuotation from Robert F.|tKennedy --|tProtest /|rElla 
       Wheeler Wilcox --|tExcerpt from parable of the talents by 
       Octavia E.|tButler --|tWhat it look like /|rTerrance Hayes
       --|tElection /|rJohn Holmes --|tQuotation from Vaclav 
       Havel --|tViewers may think that they can process it all /
       |rStephanie Gray --|tExperience /|rCarl Sandburg --
       |tGlobal warming /|rJane Hirshfield --|tSeptember 1, 1939 
       /|rW.H.|tAuden --|tEvil /|rLangston Hughes --|tAmerican 
       Pharoah /|rAda Limon --|tQuotation from Clares Simic --
       |tTo a friend whose work has come to nothing (excerpt) /
       |rW.B.|tYeats --|tToward nightfall (excerpt) /|rCharles 
       Simic --|tQuotation from Karen Armstrong --|tI work all 
       day ...|t/|rPier Paolo Pasolini (translated by Lawrence 
       Ferlinghetti and Francesca Valente) --|tPreparation /
       |rEffie Walker Smith --|gIII.The Aching --|tExcerpt from 
       the fault in our stars by John Green --|tAmerica /|rClaude
       McKay --|tRemember /|rChristina Rossetti --|tGood bones /
       |rMaggie Smith --|tDirge without music /|rWislawa 
       Szymborska (translated by Magnus J.|tKrynski and Robert A.
       |tMaguire) --|tExcerpt from Invisible man by Ralph Ellison
       --|tCredo /|rEdwin Arlington Robinson --|tHours /|rHazel 
       Hall --|tThe thing is /|rEllen Bass --|tIf I can stop one 
       heart from breaking /|rEmily Dickinson --|tA display of 
       mackerel /|rMark Doty --|tExcerpt from the world as I see 
       it by Albert Einstein --|tQ & A /|rKenneth Fearing --
       |tHands /|rSafrya Sinclair --|tSome years there exists a 
       wanting to escape /|rClaudia Rankine --|tQuotation from 
       Carl Sagan --|tIt comes in every storm /|rOlga Orozco 
       (translated by Mary Crow) --|tAt a window (excerpt) /
       |rCarl Sandburg --|tGod speaks to each of us as he makes 
       us /|rRainer Maria Rilke (translated by Anita Barrows and 
       Joanna Macy) --|gIV.The new patriots --|tQuotation from 
       Anais Nin --|tPraise song for the day /|rElizabeth 
       Alexander --|tExcerpt from between the world and me by Ta-
       Nehisi Coates --|tI, too /|rLangston Hughes --|tSomeday 
       I'll love Ocean Vuong /|rOcean Vuong --|tQuotation from 
       Karel Capek --|tSecond attempt crossing /|rJavier Zamora -
       -|tNow that we have tasted hope /|rKhaled Mattawa --
       |tAbeyance /|rRebecca Foust --|tExcerpt from "summer, 
       somewhere" by Danez Smith --|tWhat changes /|rNaomi Shihab
       Nye --|tTo be a woman /|rAlice Walker --|tDear white 
       America /|rDanez Smith --|tDaily bread (excerpt) /|rOcean 
       Vuong --|tRefugees /|rBrian Bilston --|t@ the crossroads--
       a sudden Amerian poem /|rJuan Felipe Herrera --|tA 
       queerification /|rRegie Cabico --|tQuotation from Gloria 
       Steinem --|tThe border: a double sonnet /|rAlberto Rios --
       |tYou're dead, America /|rDanez Smith --|tQuotation from 
       Dinos Christianopoulos --|tAmerica, America (excerpt) /
       |rSaadi Youssef --|tKindness /|rNaomi Shihab Nye --|tMoon 
       for our daughters /|rAnnie Finch --|tLangston Hughes /
       |rGwendolyn Brooks --|tThe new colossus /|rEmma Lazarus --
       |gV.Gathering strength --|tQuotation from Ovid --|tWhen I 
       rise up /|rGeorgia Douglas Johnson --|tI have no quarrel 
       with you /|rFlor 
520    "In our tumultuous cultural and political climate, many 
       Americans are finding hope and meaning in poetry and 
       inspirational quotes, as noted by numerous media outlets 
       such as The Atlantic, The Guardian, and NPR, and as 
       evidenced by the frequent posting of poetry online. Like 
       many of us, the editors at Spiegel & Grau were inspired by
       the shared poems, and put together this collection of 
       poems and words for difficult times. Contributors include 
       Maya Angelou ("Still I Rise"), W.H. Auden, Danez Smith, 
       Naomi Shihab Nye, Maggie Smith, Alice Walker, Langston 
       Hughes, Elizabeth Alexander, and many others. This is an 
       uplifting volume that will be read for years to come by 
       anyone facing challenging circumstances"--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
650  0 Inspiration|vLiterary collections. 
650  0 Inspiration|vPoetry. 
700 1  Alexander, Elizabeth,|d1962-|ewriter of foreword.