夏尔·波德莱尔（Charles Baudelair, 1821-1867），法国诗人。作品有诗集《恶之花》和散文诗集《巴黎的忧郁》，另写有大量文学和美学论文。他被认为是使欧洲人的经验方式和写作方式发生重大变革的作家，他的美学理论在诗歌和艺术史上是一个重大转折点，是现代主义各流派灵感与理论的不尽泉源。

December 1937. The Japanese have taken Nanking. A group of terrified schoolgirls hides in the compound of an American church. Among them is Shujuan, through whose thirteen-year-old eyes we witness the shocking events that follow. Run by Father Engelmann, an American priest who has been in China for many years, the church is supposedly neutral ground in the war between China and...(展开全部)

Jack Goody's new book takes as its theme the symbolic and transactional uses of flowers in secular life and religious ritual from ancient Egypt to modern times. He links the use of flowers to the rise of advanced systems of agriculture, the growth of social stratification, and the spread of luxury goods, looking at the history of aesthetic horticulture in Europe and Asia. Other...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The Victorian language of flowers was used to convey romantic expressions: honeysuckle for devotion, asters for patience, and red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, it’s been more useful in communicating mistrust and solitude. After a childhood spent in the foster-care system, she is unable to get close to anybody, and her only connection to ...(展开全部)

We’ve all seen red roses, blue irises, and yellow daffodils. But when we really look closely at a flower, whole new worlds of beauty and intricacy emerge. Using a unique process that far surpasses conventional macro photography, Robert Llewellyn shows us details that few of us have ever seen: the amazing architecture of stamens and pistils; the subtle shadings on a petal; the s...(展开全部)

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR National book Critics Circle Award Finalist "Anne Carson is, for me, the most exciting poet writing in English today."--Michael Ondaatje "This book is amazing--I haven't discovered any writing in years so marvelously disturbing." --Alice Munro The award-winning poet Anne Carson reinvents a genre in Autobiography of Red, a stunning...(展开全部)

安妮•卡森（Anne Carson） 1950年生于多伦多，童年随着家人迁居，在安大略省多个小城生活过。她在多伦多大学学习古典学，在苏格兰受教于肯尼斯•多福，博士期间她回到多伦多大学研读诗人萨福，研究所得后来被她整理出版为《爱欲的苦甜》。 卡森深受哈罗德•布鲁姆推崇，称其为“在世诸天才之一”，是“智慧作家”，可与艾米丽•勃朗特和艾米丽•狄金森相提并论。 她是目前古典功底最为深厚的一位诗人。同时她也是形式上的创新派，经常用当代的方式，创新的形式来重新阐释古典——以图像、研究和比较切入诗歌写作，所出版的作品几乎每一本都将多种体裁杂糅在一起，如诗歌、论文、翻译等。 目前卡森在美国多所大学教授古典学和比较文学，是纽约大学的驻校诗人。她还活跃在艺术舞台和歌剧剧坛上。

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR National book Critics Circle Award Finalist "Anne Carson is, for me, the most exciting poet writing in English today."--Michael Ondaatje "This book is amazing--I haven't discovered any writing in years so marvelously disturbing." --Alice Munro The award-winning poet Anne Carson reinvents a genre in Autobiography of Red, a stunning...(展开全部)

安妮•卡森（Anne Carson） 1950年生于多伦多，童年随着家人迁居，在安大略省多个小城生活过。她在多伦多大学学习古典学，在苏格兰受教于肯尼斯•多福，博士期间她回到多伦多大学研读诗人萨福，研究所得后来被她整理出版为《爱欲的苦甜》。 卡森深受哈罗德•布鲁姆推崇，称其为“在世诸天才之一”，是“智慧作家”，可与艾米丽•勃朗特和艾米丽•狄金森相提并论。 她是目前古典功底最为深厚的一位诗人。同时她也是形式上的创新派，经常用当代的方式，创新的形式来重新阐释古典——以图像、研究和比较切入诗歌写作，所出版的作品几乎每一本都将多种体裁杂糅在一起，如诗歌、论文、翻译等。 目前卡森在美国多所大学教授古典学和比较文学，是纽约大学的驻校诗人。她还活跃在艺术舞台和歌剧剧坛上。

In Jason Mott’s Hell of a Book, a Black author sets out on a cross-country publicity tour to promote his bestselling novel. That storyline drives Hell of a Book and is the scaffolding of something much larger and urgent: since Mott’s novel also tells the story of Soot, a young Black boy living in a rural town in the recent past, and The Kid, a possibly imaginary child who appe...(展开全部)