Retail Therapy Arrives

Written By Lissa Kiernan

We are pleased to now offer a thoughtfully curated selection of great poetry titles at deep discounts! So-called “bargain books” are titles that have been returned by previous booksellers to the publisher. While not brand new releases, we have procured a tasty collection of recent titles from the past five years by iconic, diverse, and award-winning poets: think Carolyn Forché, Yusef Komunyakaa, John Ashberry, Amy Gerstler, Maggie Smith, Tracy K. Smith, Charles Simic, James Tate. Add a sprinkling of exciting newcomers and a smattering of innovative craft books, and voilà!

Some books are discreetly marked with a small line or dot on the bottom edge of the pages. This is referred to as a remainder mark and it simply ensures that the book will not be returned to the publisher a second time. These little marks translate into big savings for you (30% off list price) and allow me to compete with the big online booksellers. And some books don’t have marks at all (20% off list price). Membership also entitles you to take an additional 10% off your purchase. Gently used books sell for 50% off list price.

We are in the process of adding the titles to our website so that locals can purchase them online and pick them up at their convenience. We regret that we don’t have the capacity to ship. Any books that do not sell within a year will be added to our library, and/or donated to charity, so our inventory stays fresh.

If you’re local, we encourage you to become a member to borrow books from our continually growing, fabulous library of 3400+ poetry titles. The barn is currently open to members 7 days a week, 12-5 PM, by appointment, and to everyone from 12-5 PM, Saturday-Sunday.

Current Titles

  • Come Closer and Listen, Charles Simic

  • The Government Lake: Last Poems, James Tate

  • Parallel Movement of the Hands: Five Unfinished Longer Works John Ashbery

  • How to Fly (In Ten Thousand Easy Lessons): Poetry, Barbara Kingsolver

  • Requeening, Amanda Moore

  • Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process, Joe Fassler (Edtr)

  • Index of Women (Penguin Poets), Amy Gertsler

  • Everyday Mojo Songs of Earth: New and Selected Poems, 2001-2021, Yusef Komunyakaa

  • In the Lateness of the World: Poems, Carolyn Forche

  • The Essential Poet's Glossary, Edward Hirsch

  • The Illustrated Emerson: Essays and Poems, Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • My Name Will Grow Wide Like a Tree: Selected Poems, Yi Lei, translated by Tracy K. Smith & Changtai Bi

  • Such Color: New and Selected Poems, Tracy K. Smith

  • EVERY DAY IS A POEM: FIND CLARITY, FEEL RELIEF, AND SEE BEAUTY IN EVERY MOMENT, Suskin, Jacqueline

  • Goldenrod: Poems, Maggie Smith

  • Nervous System: Poems (National Poetry), Rosalie Moffett

  • Field Music: Poems, Alexandria Hall

  • Dearly: New Poems, Margaret Atwood

  • American Sonnets For My And Future Assassin, Terrance Hayes

  • The Nightfields (Penguin Poets), Joanna Klink

  • All the Flowers Kneeling (Penguin Poets), Paul Tran

  • Music for the Dead and Resurrected: Poems, Mort, Valzhyna

  • Survival Is a Style: Poems, Christian Wiman

  • Against Silence: Poems, Frank Bidart

  • Winter Recipes from the Collective, Louise Gluck

  • Forever Words: The Unknown Poems, Johnny Cash

  • The True Secret of Writing, Natalie Goldberg

  • That Was Now, This Is Then: Poems, Vivay Seshadri

  • Make Blackout Poetry, John Carroll

  • Summer Snow, Robert Hass

  • Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman

  • Hamlet - Die Cut, Shakespeare

  • The Night Before Christmas, Clement C. MOore

  • Who Is a Poet, Valerie Bodden

  • Thinker My Puppy Poet and Me, Eloise Greenfield & Ehsan Abdollahi

  • H is for Haiku, Sydell Rosenberg & Sawsan Chalabi

  • Everything is a Poem, J. Patrick Lewis & Maria Cristina PRiteeli

  • Morning Glory on the Vine, Joni Mithchell

  • Birds Of A Feather: Joseph Cornell's Homage to Juan Gris

Lissa Kiernan
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