Gender & Sexuality Diversity (GSD)

Sappho (7th-6th Century BCE) was one of the greatest ancient Greek lyric poets. She was a native of the island of Lesbos, from which we get the word "lesbian." In her poems, she expresses passionate love for both men and women.

"The best and most representative one-volume edition of Whitman ever put together." ~New Yorker (Descriptive content provided by Syndetics™, a Bowker service)

Whitman is one of the most important poets in American history.

"The first declaration of a black, lesbian feminist identity took place in these poems, and set the terms—beautifully, forcefully—for contemporary multicultural and pluralist debate."—Publishers Weekly

Auden’s work has perhaps the widest range and the greatest depth of any English poet of the past three centuries. From the anxious warnings of his early verse through the expansive historical perspectives of his middle years to the celebrations and thanksgiving in his later work, Auden wrote in a voice that addressed readers personally rather than as part of a collective audience. (Descriptive content provided by Syndetics™, a Bowker service)

Arthur Rimbaud [rom-BO] was a highly influential late-19th Century French poet. His landmark poem Season in Hell explores themes of morality and homosexual desire. His work has inspired artists from Pablo Picasso to Bob Dylan.

The first new selection of O’Hara’s work to come along in several decades. In this “marvellous compilation” (The New Yorker), editor Mark Ford reacquaints us with one of the most joyous and innovative poets of the postwar period. (Descriptive content provided by Syndetics™, a Bowker service)

“The very content of Owen’s poems was, and still is, pertinent to the feelings of young men facing death and the terrors of war.” —The New York Times Book Review. Wilfred Owen was twenty-two when he enlisted in the Artists’ Rifle Corps during World War I. By the time Owen was killed at the age of 25 at the Battle of Sambre, he had written what are considered the most important British poems of WWI. (Amazon)

Poet, celebrity, and revolutionary, Lord (George Gordon) Byron was one of the most influential and controversial figures of the first half of the nineteenth century, his distinctive, deeply felt work comprising one of the enduring high points of Romantic literature. (Descriptive content provided by Syndetics™, a Bowker service)

Elizabeth Bishop is considered one of the premier American poets of the post-war period. She wrote much of her great poetry while living in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with her companion Lota Soares.

Hilda Dolittle (H.D.) was a key imagist poet of the post-WWII period. Openly bisexual, some of her poetry addresses issues of sex and gender.

With this volume, The Library of America inaugurates a collected edition of the works of America's preeminent living poet. Beginning with Some Trees in 1956, John Ashbery has charted a profoundly original and individual course that has opened up pathways for subsequent generations of poets. (Descriptive content provided by Syndetics™, a Bowker service)

Pulitzer Prize-winner for Drama, 1993.