Poetry

this is the recipe of life said my mother as she held me in her arms as i wept think of those flowers you plant in the garden each year they will teach you that people too must wilt fall root rise in order to bloom.

Milk and Honey takes readers through a journey of the most bitter moments in life and finds sweetness in them because there is sweetness everywhere if you are just willing to look.

“The father of African literature in the English language and undoubtedly one of the most important writers of the second half of the twentieth century.” – Caryl Phillips, The Observer

Influenced by works such as Don Juan and the novels of Kafka, these essays begin with a meditation on suicide—the question of living or not living in a universe devoid of order or meaning.

Blizzard of One is an extraordinary book–the summation of the work of a lifetime by one of our very few true masters of the art of poetry.

Exploring how we choose our families and how we betray them, and what it means to be a man in relationships-a partner, father, stepfather, teacher, lover, writer, and friend-it is a bold and brilliant new work by one of the most important writers of our time.

Em is not a romance in any usual sense of the word, but it is a word whose homonym–aimer, to love–resonates on every page, a book powered by love in the larger sense.

A calming collection of nature poems to help you relax and unwind at the end of every day.

Beautifully illustrated with contemplative scenes of pure happiness

Curious, enigmatic and playful, cats have often inspired the literary imagination.

Sometimes funny, sometimes moving, these sixty poems offer a true celebration of the faithful, affectionate, delightful dog.