New York, NY, USA: W.W. Norton & Company, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. "These are risky poems, infused with the cruelty of history, the presence of the body, the beauty of the natural world, with human love and longing." (front flap). Midnight Salvage: Poems 1995–1998 is a collection of poems by American poet, essayist, feminist & notable lesbian Adrienne Rich (1929-2012) that sits in the later part of Rich's..... More

New York, NY, USA: W.W. Norton & Company, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. “In this new book, one of America’s foremost poets and feminist theorists gathers together the most important prose pieces she has written over the past dozen years. These writings reflect themes which, as Rich says, ‘have engrossed me in poetry as well as in reviews, speeches, and other nonfiction work: problems of language and power; how..... More

New York, NY, USA: W.W. Norton & Company, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. “What Is Found There, Adrienne Rich’s extraordinary new collection of prose meditations on the essential place of poetry in our lives and culture, reveals to us the power of the convergence of the engaged political life, the unwavering conscience, and the impassioned poetic imagination. Adrienne Rich is, and always has been, first and foremost a poet..... More

Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. "In 1917 Vachel Lindsay called motion pictures 'today's divine surprise' and urged his fellow poets to write about them as a significant phenomenon of modern life. Throughout the century poets have responded to the movies, including some of our most important contemporary writers...The American Poet at the Movies: A Critical History is the first study of the engagement of..... More

Paris, France: The Paris Review, 1964. First Printing. Softcover. A most unusual copy of this Paris Review issue, a binding error created a one-of-a-kind version that excludes Henry Miller (1891-1980) at the height of his censorship battle in the United States. We can’t say for sure that this is why it happened, but it is very interesting that the missing section includes his contribution as well as those of Jack..... More