How to Carry Water
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Alan Michael Parker
No. 77
Life Watch
Willis Barnstone
No. 78
The Owner of the House: New Collected Poems 1940–2001
Louis Simpson
No. 79
Is
Wayne Dodd
No. 80
Late
Cecilia Woloch
No. 81
Precipitates
Debra Kang Dean
No. 82
The Orchard
Brigit Pegeen Kelly
No. 83
Bright Hunger
Mark Irwin
No. 84
Desire Lines: New and Selected Poems
Lola Haskins
No. 85
Curious Conduct
Jeanne Marie Beaumont
No. 86
Mercy
Lucille Clifton
No. 87
Model Homes
Wayne Koestenbaum
No. 88
Farewell to the Starlight in Whiskey
Barton Sutter
No. 89
Angels for the Burning
David Mura
No. 90
The Rooster’s Wife
Russell Edson
No. 91
American Children
Jim Simmerman
No. 92
Postcards from the Interior
Wyn Cooper
No. 93
You & Yours
Naomi Shihab Nye
No. 94
Consideration of the Guitar: New and Selected Poems 1986–2005
Ray Gonzalez
No. 95
Off-Season in the Promised Land
Peter Makuck
No. 96
The Hoopoe’s Crown
Jacqueline Osherow
No. 97
Not for Specialists: New and Selected Poems
W. D. Snodgrass
No. 98
Splendor
Steve Kronen
No. 99
Woman Crossing a Field
Deena Linett
No. 100
The Burning of Troy
Richard Foerster
No. 101
Darling Vulgarity
Michael Waters
No. 102
The Persistence of Objects
Richard Garcia
No. 103
Slope of the Child Everlasting
Laurie Kutchins
No. 104
Broken Hallelujahs
Sean Thomas Dougherty
No. 105
Peeping Tom’s Cabin: Comic Verse 1928–2008
X. J. Kennedy
No. 106
Disclamor
G.C. Waldrep
No. 107
Encouragement for a Man Falling to His Death
Christopher Kennedy
No. 108
Sleeping with Houdini
Nin Andrews
No. 109
Nomina
Karen Volkman
No. 110
The Fortieth Day
Kazim Ali
No. 111
Elephants & Butterflies
Alan Michael Parker
No. 112
Voices
Lucille Clifton
No. 113
The Moon Makes Its Own Plea
Wendy Mnookin
No. 114
The Heaven-Sent Leaf
Katy Lederer
No. 115
Struggling Times
Louis Simpson
No. 116
And
Michael Blumenthal
No. 117
Carpathia
Cecilia Woloch
No. 118
Seasons of Lotus, Seasons of Bone
Matthew Shenoda
No. 119
Sharp Stars
Sharon Bryan
No. 120
Cool Auditor
Ray Gonzalez
No. 121
Long Lens: New and Selected Poems
Peter Makuck
No. 122
Chaos Is the New Calm
Wyn Cooper
No. 123
Diwata
Barbara Jane Reyes
No. 124
Burning of the Three Fires
Jeanne Marie Beaumont
No. 125
Sasha Sings the Laundry on the Line
Sean Thomas Dougherty
No. 126
Your Father on the Train of Ghosts
G.C. Waldrep and John Gallaher
No. 127
Ennui Prophet
Christopher Kennedy
No. 128
Transfer
Naomi Shihab Nye
No. 129
Gospel Night
Michael Waters
No. 130
The Hands of Strangers: Poems from the Nursing Home
Janice N. Harrington
No. 131
Kingdom Animalia
Aracelis Girmay
No. 132
True Faith
Ira Sadoff
No. 133
The Reindeer Camps and Other Poems
Barton Sutter
No. 134
The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton: 1965–2010
No. 135
To Keep Love Blurry
Craig Morgan Teicher
No. 136
Theophobia
Bruce Beasley
No. 137
Refuge
Adrie Kusserow
No. 138
The Book of Goodbyes
Jillian Weise
No. 139
Birth Marks
Jim Daniels
No. 140
No Need of Sympathy
Fleda Brown
No. 141
There’s a Box in the Garage You Can Beat with a Stick
Michael Teig
No. 142
The Keys to the Jail
Keetje Kuipers
No. 143
All You Ask for Is Longing: New and Selected Poems 1994–2014
Sean Thomas Dougherty
No. 144
Copia
Erika Meitner
No. 145
The Chair: Prose Poems
Richard Garcia
No. 146
In a Landscape
John Gallaher
No. 147
Fanny Says
Nickole Brown
No. 148
Why God Is a Woman
Nin Andrews
No. 149
Testament
G.C. Waldrep
No. 150
I’m No Longer Troubled by the Extravagance
Rick Bursky
No. 151
Antidote for Night
Marsha de la O
No. 152
Beautiful Wall
Ray Gonzalez
No. 153
the black maria
Aracelis Girmay
No. 154
Celestial Joyride
Michael Waters
No. 155
Whereso
Karen Volkman
No. 156
The Day’s Last Light Reddens the Leaves of the Copper Beech
Stephen Dobyns
No. 157
The End of Pink
Kathryn Nuernberger
No. 158
Mandatory Evacuation
Peter Makuck
No. 159
Primitive: The Art and Life of Horace H. Pippin
Janice N. Harrington
No. 160
The Trembling Answers
Craig Morgan Teicher
No. 161
Bye-Bye Land
Christian Barter
No. 162
Sky Country
Christine Kitano
No. 163
All Soul Parts Returned
Bruce Beasley
No. 164
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Charles Rafferty
No. 165
The Second O of Sorrow
Sean Thomas Dougherty
No. 166
Holy Moly Carry Me
Erika Meitner
No. 167
Clues from the Animal Kingdom
Christopher Kennedy
No. 168
Dresses from the Old Country
Laura Read
No. 169
In Country
Hugh Martin
No. 170
The Tiny Journalist
Naomi Shihab Nye
No. 171
All Its Charms
Keetje Kuipers
No. 172
Night Angler
Geffrey Davis
No. 173
The Human Half
Deborah Brown
No. 174
Cyborg Detective
Jillian Weise
No. 175
On the Shores of Welcome Home
Bruce Weigl
No. 176
Rue
Kathryn Nuernberger
No. 177
Let’s Become a Ghost Story
Rick Bursky
No. 178
Year of the Dog
Deborah Paredez
No. 179
Brand New Spacesuit
John Gallaher
No. 180
How to Carry Water: Selected Poems of Lucille Clifton
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