THE BEST CIGARETTE
by Billy Collins
Unpretentious, funny and good.

THE JACK KEROUAC COLLECTION
by Jack Kerouac
Features the complete recorded works, many released for the first time, of "beat generation" writer and poet Jack Kerouac.

GOOD POEMS
selected and introduced by Garrison Keillor
Poems are arranged by 19 general themes, such as "Snow," "Failure," and "A Good Life." Authors range from well-known oldies like Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost to unknowns like C.K. Williams.

HOWL AND OTHER POEMS
by Allen Ginsberg
"Unscrew the locks from the doors!/Unscrew the doors themselves from their jambs!" Announcing his intentions with this ringing motto, Allen Ginsberg published a volume of poetry which broke so many social taboos that copies were impounded as obscene, and the publisher was arrested.

THE MAYA ANGELOU POETRY COLLECTION
by Maya Angelou
More than 100 of the best loved poems by Maya Angelou.

OUR SOULS HAVE GROWN DEEP LIKE THE RIVERS: BLACK POETS READ THEIR WORK
by Various Poets
A one-of-a-kind 2-CD set gathering over 70 poems read, sounded, or performed by the best and the brightest African-American poets of the 20th century.

SPOKEN ARTS TREASURY: 100 MODERN AMERICAN POETS READING THEIR POEMS
by Various Poets
A great anthology of American poetry with introductions and brief poet biographies.