Overview :Muhammad is a shimmering, lyrical biography of the Prophet, composed from the words of Muslims throughout the centuries. Drawing on a variet... Read More
Overview :This book is published as part of the Poets in the World series created by The Poetry Foundation's Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute. Ilya Kam... Read More
Overview :From a litany of angelic voices, Weinberger's lyrical meditation then turns to the earthly counterparts, the saints, their lives retold in a... Read More
Overview :For over fifty years Eliot Weinberger has been celebrated for his innovative literary and political essays--translated into over thirty lang... Read More
Overview :Unpredictable and uncanonical, Eliot Weinberger's essays are the "outside stories" of cultural migrations. The fifteen pieces collected here... Read More
Overview :During the past several years, Eliot Weinberger's inventive prose has earned him a reputation as a candid social observer and penetrating es... Read More
Overview :For the past twenty years, Eliot Weinberger has been taking the essay far beyond the borders of literary criticism or personal journalism an... Read More
Overview :The Ghosts of Birds offers thirty-five essays by Eliot Weinberger: the first section of the book continues his linked serial-essay, An Eleme... Read More
Overview :One section focuses on writers and literary works: strange tales from classical and modern China; the Psalms in translation: a skeptical loo... Read More
Overview :With An Elemental Thing, Weinberger turns from his celebrated political chronicles to the timelessness of the subjects of his literary essay... Read More
Overview :I go out of the darkness Onto a road of darknessLit only by the far offMoon on the edge of the mountains.--Izumi ShikobuOver the years, thou... Read More
Overview :A celebration of contemporary poetry from around the world, World Beat: International Poetry Now from New Directions is a treasure trove tha... Read More
Overview :A groundbreaking anthology of classical Chinese translations by giants of Modern American poetry. A rich compendium of translations, The New... Read More
Overview :Essayist Eliot Weinberger sets his sights on the Bush team with brilliant, thought-provoking, funny consequences.Written for publication in ... Read More
Overview :From a litany of angelic voices, Weinberger's lyrical meditation then turns to the earthly counterparts, the saints, their lives retold in a... Read More
Overview :The difficulty (and necessity) of translation is concisely described in Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei, a close reading of different t... Read More
Overview :The difficulty (and necessity) of translation is concisely described in Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei, a close reading of different t... Read More