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1. Marco Fraticelli. Instants. Essential Poets 1. ISBN 2-89135-001-4. 1979

2. Antonio D'Alfonso. Queror. Essential Poets 2. ISBN 2-89135-000-6 . 1979

3. Jane Dick. Conceptions. Essential Poets 3 / Picas Series 9. ISBN 0-920717-49-7. 1980, 1991

4. Filippo Salvatore. Suns of Darkness. Essential Poets 4. Bilingual ISBN 0-919349-02-1.1980

5. Axel Soestmeyer. Rush of Wings: Poems1968-1977. Essential Poets 5. ISBN 0-919349-11-0. 1994

6. Antonio D'Alfonso. Black Tongue. Essential Poets 6. ISBN 0-919349-07-2. 1983

7. Daniel Sloate. A Taste of Earth, a Taste of Flame. Essential Poets 7. ISBN 0-919349-06-4. 1981

8. Mary Melfi. A Queen Is Holding a Mummified Cat. Essential Poets 8. ISBN 0-919349-09-9. 1982

9. Ken Norris. To Sleep, to Love. Essential Poets 9. ISBN 0-919349-13-7. 1988

10. Rhea Tregebov. Remembering History. Essential Poets 10. ISBN 0-919349-15-3. 1982

11. Daniel Sloate. Dead Shadows. Essential Poets 11. ISBN 0-919349-17-X. 1982

12. Barry Dempster. Fables For Isolated Men. Essential Poets 12. ISBN 0-919349-19-6.1982

13. Fred Cogswell. Selected Poems. Essential Poets 13. ISBN 0-919349-21-8. 1983

14. Claude Beausoleil. Concrete City: Selected Poems 1972-1982. Essential Poets 14. ISBN 0-919349-23-4. 1983

15. Juan Garcia. The Alchemy of The Body and Other Poems. Essential Poets 15. Bilingual. ISBN 0-919349-25-0. 1983

16. Éloi de Grandmont. First Secrets And Other Poems. Essential Poets 16. Bilingual. ISBN 0-919349-28-5. 1983

17. Mary Melfi. A Bride in Three Acts. Essential Poets 17. ISBN 0-919349-33-1. 1983

18. Gaston Miron. Embers and Earth: Selected Poems. Essential Poets 18. Bilingual. ISBN 0-919349-35-8. 1984

19. Ken Norris. Whirlwinds. Essential Poets 19. ISBN 0-919349-41-2. 1983

20. Gilbert Langevin. Body of Night: Selected Poems. Essential Poets 20. Bilingual. ISBN 0-919349-47-1. 1987

21. Jean-Yves Reuzeau, editor. French Poets of Today. Essential Poets 21. Bilingual. ISBN 0-920717-82-9. 1997

22. Philippe Haeck. The Clarity of Voices: Selected Poems 1974-1982. Essential Poets 22. ISBN 0-919349-56-0. 1985

23. Pasquale Verdicchio. Moving Landscape. Essential Poets 23. ISBN 0-919349-58-7. 1985

24.Antonio D'Alfonso. The Other Shore. Essential Poets 24 / Picas Series 4. ISBN 0-920717-32-2. 1986, 1988.

25. Jacques Brault. Within The Mystery. Essential Poets 25. ISBN 0-919349-62-5. 1986

26. André Roy. The Passions of Mr. Desire: Selected Poems. Essential Poets 26. ISBN 0-919349-64-1. 1986

27. Nicole Brossard. Lovhers. Essential Poets 27 / Picas Series 1. ISBN 0-919349-93-5. 1987

28. Antonio Porta. Passenger: Selected Poems. Essential Poets 28 /Picas Series 13. Bilingual. ISBN 0-919349-73-0 /0-920717-64-0. 1986, 2000

29. Dorina Michelutti. Loyalty to The Hunt. Essential Poets 29. ISBN 0-919349-70-6. 1986

30. Ken Norris. Report on The Second Half of The Twentieth Century: Books 1-4. Essential Poets 30. ISBN 0-919349-84-6. 1988

31. Corrado Mastropasqua. Ibrido: Poesie 1949-1986. Essential Poets 31. ISBN 0-919349-87-0. 1988

32. Dacia Maraini. Devour Me Too. Essential Poets 32. ISBN 0-919349-88-9. 1987

33. Silvano Zamaro. Autostrada Per La Luna. Essential Poets 33. ISBN 0-919349-90-0. 1987

34. Yolande Villemaire. Quartz and Mica. Essential Poets 34. ISBN 0-919349-92-7. 1987

35. Bert Schierbeek. Formentera /The Gardens of Suzhou. Essential Poets 35. ISBN 0-920717-00-4. 1989

36. Barry Dempster. Positions to Pray In. Essential Poets 36. ISBN 0-920717-08-X. 1989

37. Marie Uguay. Selected Poems (1975-1981). Essential Poets 37. ISBN 0-920717-46-2. 1990

38. Pasquale Verdicchio. Nomadic Trajectory. Essential Poets 38. ISBN 0-920717-10-1. 1990

39. Marco Fraticelli. Voyeur (Selected and New Poems: 1972-1991). Essential Poets 40. ISBN 0-920717-14-4. 1992

40. Pierre Joris. Breccia: Selected Poems: 1972-1986. Essential Poets41. ISBN 0-920717-28-4. 1987

41. Romano Perticarini. Via Diaz. Essential Poets 42. ISBN 0-920717-36-5. 1989

42. Suzanne Jacob. A Beach in Maine: a Novella. Essential Poets 43. ISBN 0-920717-77-2. 1990

43. Werner Lambersy. Despite My Growling Heart. Essential Poets 43. ISBN 0-920717-38-1. 1990

44. Anne-Marie Alonzo. Lead Blues. Essential Poets 44. ISBN 0-920717-43-8. 1990

45. Antonio Barolini. Croton Elegies. Essential Poets 45. ISBN 0-920717-39-X. 1991

46. Mario Luzi. For The Baptism of Our Fragments. Essential Poets 46. ISBN 0-920717-55-1. 1992

47. Giorgio Caproni. The Wall of The Earth. Essential Poets 47. ISBN 0-920717-53-5. 1991

48. Jean-Paul Daoust. Black Diva: Selected Poems 1982-1986. Essential Poets 48. ISBN 0-920717-54-3. 1991

49. Antonio Porta. Melusine (A Ballad and a Diary). Essential Poets 49. Bilingual ISBN 0-920717-58-6. 1992

50. Gaston Miron. Counterpanes. Essential Poets 50. ISBN 0-920717-60-8. 1994

51. Antonio D'Alfonso. Panick Love. Essential Poets 51. ISBN 0-920717-63-2. 1992

52. Yves Préfontaine. This Desert Now. Essential Poets 52. ISBN 0-920717-66-7. 1993

53. Federico Garcia Lorca. Songs and Ballads. Essential Poets 53. ISBN 0-920717-65-9. 1992

54. Diane Raptosh. Just West of Now. Essential Poets 54. ISBN 0-920717-71-3. 1992

56. Antonino Mazza. The Way I Remember It. Essential Poets 56. ISBN 0-920717-74-8. 1993

57. Raymond Filip. Flowers in Magnetic Fields. Essential Poets 57. ISBN 0-920717-87-X. 1994

58. Daphne Marlatt and Betsy Warland. Two Women in a Birth. Essential Poets 58. ISBN 1-55071-003-6. 1994

60. Hélène Dorion. The Edges of Light. Essential Poets 60. ISBN 0-920717-95-0. 1995

62. Gianna Patriarca. Italian Women and Other Tragedies. Essential Poets 62. ISBN 1-55071-001-X. 1994

63. Maria Luisa Spaziani. Star of Free Will. Essential Poets 63. ISBN 1-55071-002-8. 1990

64. Maria Mazziotti Gillan. Where I Come From: Selected and New Poems. Essential Poets 64. ISBN 1-55071-005-2. 1994

65. Pasquale Verdicchio. Approaches to Absence. Essential Poets 65. ISBN 1-55071-006-0. 1994

66. Scott Rollins. Borderlines. Essential Poets 66. ISBN 1-55071-009-5. 1994

67. Joseph Maviglia. A God Hangs Upside Down. Essential Poets 67. ISBN 1-55071-014-.1 1994

69. Rachel Guido de Vries. How to Sing to a Dago. Essential Poets 69. ISBN 1-55071-028-1. 1996

71. Leonardo Sinisgalli. I Saw The Muses. Essential Poets 71. ISBN 1-55071-025-7. 1997

72. Peter Carravetta. The Sun and Other Things. Essential Poets 72. ISBN 1-55071-026-5. 1997

73. Émile Nelligan. Selected Poems. Essential Poets 73. ISBN 1-55071-034-6.

74. Tonino Guerra. Abandoned Places. Essential Poets 74. ISBN 1-55071-030-3. 1997

75. Gianna Patriarca. Daughters For Sale. Essential Poets 75. ISBN 1-55071-045-1. 1997

76. Fulvio Caccia. Aknos and Other Poems. Essential Poets 76. ISBN 1-55071-048-6. 1997

77. Mary Melfi. Stages. Essential Poets 77. ISBN 1-55071-050-8.

78. Diane Raptosh. Labor Songs. Essential Poets 78. ISBN 1-55071-059-1. 1993

79. Salvatore Di Giacomo. Love Poems: a Selection. Essential Poets 79. ISBN 1-55071-060-5. 1998

81. Claude Péloquin. Pellucid Waters. Essential Poets 81. ISBN 1-55071-066-4. 1997

83. Eugenio Cirese. Molisan Poems: Selected Poems. Essential Poets 83. ISBN 1-55071-075-3. 1998

84. Mario Luzi. Phrases and Passages of a Salutary Song. Essential Poets 84. ISBN 1-77051-077-X.

85. Albino Pierro. Selected Poems. Essential Poets 85. ISBN 1-55071-078-8. 1999

86. Giose Rimanelli and Achille Serrao. Viamerica/The Eyes. Essential Poets 86. Bilingual. ISBN 1-55071-079-6. 1998

87. Raymond Filip. Backscatter: New and Selected Poems. Essential Poets 87. ISBN 1-55071-128-8. 2001

88. Mary Melfi. Office Politics. Essential Poets 88. ISBN 1-55071-085-0. 1998

89. Vittorio Sereni. Variable Star. Essential Poets 89. ISBN 1-55071-087-7. 1998

90. John L. Falk. Snow and Other Guises. Essential Poets 90. ISBN 1-55074-111-3. 2000

91. Concetta Principe. Interference. Essential Poets 91. ISBN 1-55071-089-3. 1999

92. Isabella Colalillo-Katz. Tasting Fire. Essential Poets 92. ISBN 1-55071-090-7. 1999

93. Karen Shenfeld. The Law of Return. Essential Poets 93. ISBN 1-55071-092-3. 1999

94. Jean-Paul Daoust. Blue Ashes. Essential Poets 94. ISBN 1-55071-093-1

95. Maria Mazziotti Gillan. Things My Mother Told Me. Essential Poets 95. ISBN 1-55071-021-4. 1999

96. Laura Boss. Arms: New and Selected Poems. Essential Poets 96. ISBN 1-55071-095-8. 1999

97. Gianna Patriarca. Ciao, Baby. Essential Poets 97. ISBN 1-55071-096-6. 1999

98. Brian Day. Love Is Not Native to My Blood. Essential Poets 98. ISBN 1-55071-123-7. 2000

99. Fulvio Caccia. Selected Poems. Essential Poets 99. ISBN 1-55071-110-5. 2000

100. Pasquale Verdicchio. The House Is Past (Poems 1978-1998). Essential Poets 100. ISBN 1-55071-125-3. 2000

101. Robert Flanagan. The Great Light Cage (Collected and New Poems). Essential Poets 101. ISBN 1-55071-124-5. 2000

102. Eugenio de Andrade. Dark Domain. Essential Poets 102. ISBN 1-55071-126-1. 2000

103. Daniel Sloate. Of Dissonance and Shadows. Essential Poets 103. ISBN 1-55071-127-X. 2001

104. Julie Roorda. Eleventh Toe. Essential Poets 104. ISBN 1-55071-129-6. 2001

105. Halli Villegas. Red Promises. Essential Poets 105. ISBN 1-55071-130-X. 2001

106. M. Travis Lane. Keeping Afloat. Essential Poets 106. ISBN 1-55071-131-8. 2001

107. Ruth Panofsky. Lifeline. Essential Poets 107. ISBN 1-55071-145-8. 2001

108. Elana Wolff. Birdheart. Essential Poets 108. ISBN 1-55071-146-6. 2001

109. Egito Gonçalves. News from the Blockade and Other Poems. Essential Poets 109. ISBN 1-55071-147-4. 2001

110. Rachel Guido de Vries. Gambler's Daughter. Essential Poets 110. ISBN 1-55071-148-2. 2001

111. Alda Merini. The Holy Land. Essential Poets 111. ISBN 1-55071-149-0. 2001

112. Robin Blackburn. In Green. Essential Poets 112. ISBN 1-55071-154-7. 2002.

113. Christl Verduyn. Silt. Essential Poets 113. ISBN 1-55071-153-9. 2002.

114. Marguerite Andersen. Dreaming Our Space. Essential Poets 114. ISBN 1-55071-154-7. 2002.

115. Stefan Psenak. On Order and Things. Essential Poets 115. ISBN 1-55071-155-5. 2002.

116. Maria Mazziotti Gillan. Italian Women In Black Dresses. Essential Poets 116. ISBN 1-55071-156-3. 2002.

117. Luciano Erba. The Hippopotamus. Essential Poets 117. ISBN 1-55071-157-1. 2002.

118. Carlos de Oliveira. Guernica and Other Poems. Essential Poets 118. 1-55071-158-X. 2002

119. Linda Rogers. The Bursting Test. Essential Poets 119. 1-55071-159-8. 2002.

120. George Whipple. Origins. Essential Poets 120. ISBN 1-55071-160-1. 2002.

121. Merle Nudelman. Borrowed Light. Essential Poets Series 121. ISBN 1-55071-180-6. 2003

122. Elana Wolff. Mask. Essential Poets Series 122. ISBN 1-55071-184-4. 2003

123. Malca Litovitz. At the Moonbeam Café. Essential Poets Series123. ISBN 1-55071-182-2. 2003

124. Robert Viscusi. A New Geography of Time. Essential Poets Series 124. ISBN 1-55071-183-0. 2004

125. Hélène Dorion. No End to the World: Selected Poems. Essential Poets Series 125. ISBN 1-55071-184-9. $15.00 Canada - $13.00 U.S.A. 2005

126. Claude Beausoleil. Life in the Singular. Translated by Daniel Sloate. Essential Poets Series 126. ISBN 1-55071-188-1. $12.00 Canada - $10.00 U.S.A. 2004

127. Brian Day. Azure. Essential Poets Series127. ISBN 1-55071-190-3. 2005

128. Mary Tilberg. The Moon Knows No Boundary. Essential Poets Series 128. ISBN 1-55071-185-7. 2004

129. Halli Villegas. In the Silence Absence Makes. Essential Poets Series 129. ISBN 1-55071-198-9. 2004

130. Louise Dupré. The Lightness of Blue. Translated by Antonio D'Alfonso. Essential Poets Series 130. ISBN 1-55071-203-9. 2005

131. B.W. Powe. The Unsaid Passing. Essential Poets Series 131. ISBN 1-55071-209-8. 2005

132. Len Gasparini. The Broken World. Essential Poets Series 132. ISBN 1-55071-210-1. 2005.

133. Gianna Patriarca. What My Arms Can Carry. Essential Poets 133. ISBN 1-55071-211-X. 2005

134. John L. Falk. Holding Out. Essential Poets Series 134. ISBN 1-55071-214-4. 2005

135. Karen Shenfeld. The Fertile Crescent. Essential Poets Series 135. ISBN 1-55071-227-6. 2005.

136. Dan Jalowica. Newer Lies. Essential Poets Series 136. ISBN 1-55071-228-4. 2005

137. M. Travis Lane. Touch Earth. Essential Poets Series 137. ISBN 1-55071-231-4. 2005

138. Anne-Claire Poirier. Let Me Go. Translated by Nora Alleyn. Essential Poets Series 138. ISBN 1-55071-208-X. 2005

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