Category/Genre Forums: Poetry Books
Book Requests
I would love to see more contemporary poetry offered on DailyLit. I'm a huge fan of contemporary poetry and I think it lends itself especially well to the DailyLit installment format.
Author suggestions: Galway Kinnell, Billy Collins, John Ashbery
Thanks so much for all the great work!
Replies (7)
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Baudelaire would be wonderful!
Jun 7, 2009 3:05 pm
by dreamdust -
Note that we have Baudelaire (in French) available. If you're thinking of an English translation, we'd need to find one where rights have been made available (e.g. through Creative Commons) or we'd need to acquire the rights.
Jun 7, 2009 7:25 pm
by susandanziger (admin) -
English, please. Many thanks!
by dreamdust -
If you are fortunate enough to read French, (or had it drummed into you as a kid), then it gives an extra dimension to the books of authors like Andre Gide or Flaubert that cannot be fully expressed in English. Likewise I should think for Russian readers when delving into Lermontov & Tugenev. The language expresses the soul of the country.
Jun 8, 2009 9:24 am
by MANICHAEAN -
Break, Blow, Burn by Camille Paglia reads 43 of the world's best poems is not to be missed, if you have not read it.
by dreamdust -
All you can do is go to the Amazon page for the book and click on the part where it says you'd like to see it on Kindle. The publisher supposedly will then see the request, but it's up to them whether they want to do it or not.
I tested it because I'm a publisher to see if I would get the notification, and I did not get it.
Good luck.Apr 6, 2012 6:36 am
by Strouthern -
@Strouthern: not sure what you're referring to; these are requests for books made available on DailyLit. Postings in the forums or notes to me (via support@dailylit.com) are helpful. Needless to say, I only feature books and series for which I have (or can get) the rights.
by susandanziger (admin)