Deborah Landau

Author of Janis Joplin, Her Life and Times

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Deborah Landau is a professor and director of the Creative Writing Program at New York University. She has published three previous collections in the US, most recently The Uses of the Body (2015) and The Last Usable Hour (2011), both Lannan Literary Selections from Copper Canyon Press. Her debut show more collection, Orchidelirium, was selected by Naomi Shihab Nye for the Robert Dana Anhinga Prize for Poetry. In 2016 she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. She lives in Brooklyn. show less

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Janis Joplin, Her Life and Times (1971) 28 copies

The Uses of the Body (2015) 22 copies

Soft Targets (2019) 22 copies, 1 review

The Last Usable Hour (Lannan Literary Selections) (2011) 15 copies, 1 review

Skeletons (2023) 12 copies

Orchidelirium (2004) 7 copies

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The Best American Poetry 2016 (2016) — Contributor — 120 copies, 4 reviews

The Best American Poetry 2019 (2019) — Contributor — 70 copies, 2 reviews

The Best American Poetry 2022 (2022) — Contributor — 66 copies, 1 review

The Paris Review 192 2010 Spring (2010) — Contributor — 5 copies

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Canonical name: Landau, Deborah
Occupations: dichter
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Organizations: New York University
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: Brooklyn, New York, USA

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Laura400 269 reviews

The Last Usable Hour (Lannan Literary Selections) by Deborah Landau

This is a good poem collection. I found it somewhat dark and somewhat intentionally obscure. But it's worth a read.

Dec 29, 2011

over.the.edge 596 reviews

Soft Targets by Deborah Landau

Cooper Canyon Press is an independent, non-profit small press located in Port Townsend, Washington. Since 1972 they have specialized in poetry.
Although they have been around since 1972, they are new to me and I'm so excited I found them. I have always loved poetry, and so far have read two of their many many titles.
I highly recommend you check out any of their many titles. Amazing minds!

Soft Targets by Deborah Landau. 2019

This is Landaus 4th collection of poetry. These poems embrace the pain show more of troubled times- increase in violence, decrease of morals, violence, terror attacks, hate crimes, climate change and also the love we embrace and share. As people, in these times, we've been made soft targets by the lack of leadership and strong minds besetting our communities.
Brilliant and timely, I loved the depth of these poems.

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These poems feature transformation, overcoming huge odds and finding the beauty of life in every situation. show less

Aug 28, 2019