Pitt Poetry Books in Order

104

Books

1959

First Book

2024

Latest Book

66

Years

Below you'll find the complete list of Pitt Poetry books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.

Reading order verified: January 2026

Publication Order

1

The Axion Esti (By: Odysseas Elytis)

1959

2

The Homer Mitchell place (By: John Engels)

1968

3

Body Compass (By: David Steingass)

1969

4

Sweating Out the Winter (By: David Young)

1969

5

Another Kind Of Rain (By: Gerald W. Barrax)

1970

6

The Floor Keeps Turning (By: Shirley Kaufman)

1970

7

Collected Poems (By: Abbie Huston Evans)

1970

8

When Thy King Is A Boy (By: Ed Roberson)

1970

9

The Blood of Adonis (By: Adonis,أدونيس)

1971

10

The Tattooed Desert (By: Richard Shelton)

1971

11

Windows and Stones (By: May Swenson,Tomas Tranströmer,Leif Sjöberg)

1972

12

A Canopy in the Desert (By: Abba Kovner)

1973

13

In Sepia (By: JonAnderson)

1974

14

Lake songs and other fears (By: Judith Minty)

1974

15

Etai-Eken (By: Ed Roberson)

1975

16

The terror of the snows (By: Paul-Marie Lapointe)

1976

17

The Night Train and the Golden Bird (By: Peter Meinke)

1977

18

The Bus to Veracruz (By: Richard Shelton)

1978

19

The Runner (By: Gary Gildner)

1978

20

Paper boy (By: David Huddle)

1979

21

The Lone Woman and Others (By: Constance Urdang)

1980

22

Ruby for Grief (By: Michael Burkard)

1981

23

Trying to Surprise God (By: Peter Meinke)

1981

24

Emplumada (By: Lorna Dee Cervantes)

1981

25

Flowers from the Volcano (By: Carolyn Forché,Claribel Alegría)

1982

26

Selected Poems, 1969-1981 (By: Richard Shelton)

1982

27

Heart of the Garfish (By: Kathy Callaway)

1982

28

Winter Stars (By: Larry Levis)

1985

29

The Essential Etheridge Knight (By: Etheridge Knight)

1986

30

People and Dog in the Sun (By: Ronald Wallace)

1987

31

Torque (By: David Rivard)

1988

32

Six O'Clock Mine Report (By: Irene McKinney)

1989

33

Captivity (By: Toi Derricotte)

1989

34

Mystery Train (By: David Wojahn)

1990

35

Refuge (By: Belle Waring)

1990

36

Liquid Paper (By: Peter Meinke)

1991

37

Mercy (By: Kathleen Peirce)

1991

38

A Space Filled with Moving (By: Maggie Anderson)

1992

39

South America Mi Hija (By: Sharon Doubiago)

1992

40

My Father's Geography (By: Afaa Michael Weaver)

1992

41

Sleeping Preacher (By: Julia Kasdorf)

1992

42

The Flying Garcias (By: Richard A. García)

1993

43

Weather Central (By: Ted Kooser)

1994

44

Some Are Drowning (By: Reginald Shepherd)

1994

45

School Figures (By: Cathy Song)

1994

46

Time's Fancy (By: Ronald Wallace)

1994

47

The Art of Drowning (By: Billy Collins)

1995

48

Timber and Prayer (By: Afaa M. Weaver)

1995

49

City Of Salt (By: Gregory Orr)

1995

50

Little Girls in Church (By: Kathleen Norris)

1995

51

Accordian Breathing and Dancing (By: Ruth L. Schwartz)

1995

52

Mad River (By: Jan Beatty)

1995

53

The Post-Rapture Diner (By: Dorothy Barresi)

1995

54

All American Girl (By: Robin Becker)

1996

55

The Ocean Inside Kenji Takezo (By: Rick Noguchi)

1996

56

The Crack In Everything (By: Alicia Suskin Ostriker)

1996

57

Angel, Interrupted (By: Reginald Shepherd)

1996

58

Scars (By: Peter Meinke)

1996

59

Poems Of The River Spirit (By: Maurice Kilwein Guevara)

1996

60

The Falling Hour (By: David Wojahn)

1997

61

Tender (By: Toi Derricotte)

1997

62

Elegy (By: Larry Levis)

1997

63

Picnic, Lightning (By: Billy Collins)

1998

64

Eve's Striptease (By: Julia Spicher Kasdorf)

1998

65

The Little Space (By: Alicia Suskin Ostriker)

1998

66

City of a Hundred Fires

1998

67

First Course In Turbulence (By: Ed Ochester,Dean Young)

1999

68

Then Suddenly-- (By: Lynn Emanuel)

1999

69

Works and Days (By: Edward Mayes,Edward Kleinschmidt,Mayes Kleinschmidt)

1999

70

The Selected Levis (By: David St. John,Larry Levis)

2000

71

Windfall (By: Maggie Anderson)

2000

72

Zinc Fingers (By: Peter Meinke)

2000

73

She Didn't Mean to Do It (By: Daisy Fried)

2000

74

The Tormented Mirror (By: Russell Edson)

2001

75

Journey: New And Selected Poems 1969-1999 (By: Kathleen Norris)

2001

76

Cathedral of the North (By: Connie Voisine)

2001

77

Queen for a Day (By: Denise Duhamel)

2001

78

The Cave (By: C.G. Hanzlicek)

2001

79

Selected Poems of Thomas Hood, (By: )

2001

80

Asylum (By: Quan Barry)

2001

81

The Land Of Bliss (By: Cathy Song)

2001

82

The Zoo (By: Joanie Mackowski)

2001

83

The Volcano Sequence (By: Alicia Suskin Ostriker)

2002

84

Black Swan (By: Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon)

2002

85

Boneshaker (By: Jan Beatty)

2002

86

Skid (By: Dean Young)

2002

87

A Defense of Poetry (By: Gabriel Gudding)

2002

88

On Foot In Flames (By: Robert McDowell)

2002

89

Brave Disguises (By: Gray Jacobik)

2002

90

Long For This World (By: Ronald Wallace)

2003

91

Otherhood (By: Reginald Shepherd)

2003

92

The Starry Messenger (By: George Keithley)

2003

93

The Dirt She Ate (By: Minnie Bruce Pratt)

2003

94

Ostinato Vamps (By: Wanda Coleman)

2003

95

The Ceremonies of Longing (By: Sandra Kohler)

2003

96

The Invention of the Kaleidoscope (By: Paisley Rekdal)

2007

97

Love on the Streets (By: Sharon Doubiago)

2008

98

Animal Eye (By: Paisley Rekdal)

2012

99

Red Under The Skin (By: Natasha Sajé)

2014

100

Walking Back Up Depot Street (By: Minnie Bruce Pratt)

2014

101

no time like now (By: Andrei Codrescu)

2019

102

Blessing the House (By: Jim Daniels)

2020

103

Applause (By: Carol Muske-Dukes)

2023

104

Night Watch on the Chesapeake (By: Peter Meinke)

2024

Frequently Asked Questions

The recommended reading order for the Pitt Poetry series is publication order: 1. The Axion Esti (By: Odysseas Elytis) (1959), 2. The Homer Mitchell place (By: John Engels) (1968), 3. Body Compass (By: David Steingass) (1969), 4. Sweating Out the Winter (By: David Young) (1969), 5. Another Kind Of Rain (By: Gerald W. Barrax) (1970), and 99 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.

The Pitt Poetry series by Richard Blanco contains 104 books. The series began in 1959 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.

The Pitt Poetry series is written by Richard Blanco. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.

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