Research Guides: Poems and Poets: Publishing, Bibliographies and Anthologies

Print Anthologies

Here is a small selection of the many poetry anthologies available in the NYU Libraries' collections. A simple search in the Libraries' catalog using the search term poetry anthology will find many more. You can then use the "Refine your results" options on the left hand side of the screen to narrow down your results by date, subject, language, etc.

American Hybrid by Cole Swensen; David St. John (Editor)
Call Number: PS617 .A54 2009
ISBN: 9780393333756
Publication Date: 2009-03-30
This spirited anthology of contemporary American poetry focuses on the new poem-the hybrid-a synthesis of traditional and experimental styles.
A Book of Luminous Things by Czeslaw Milosz (editor)
ISBN: 9780156005746
Publication Date: 1998-04-01
Czeslaw Milosz's A Book of Luminous Things--his personal selection of poems from the past and present--is a testament to the stunning varieties of human experience, offered up so that we may see the myriad ways that experience can be shared in words and images.
The BreakBeat Poets by Kevin Coval (Editor); Quraysh Ali Lansana (Editor); Nate Marshall (Editor)
ISBN: 9781608463954
Publication Date: 2015-04-07
Hip-Hop is the largest youth culture in the history of the planet rock. This is the first poetry anthology by and for the Hip-Hop generation. The BreakBeat Poets features 78 poets, born somewhere between 1961-1999, All-City and Coast-to-Coast, who are creating the next and now movement(s) in American letters.
The Ecco Anthology of International Poetry by Ilya Kaminsky; Susan Harris; Words Without Words Without Borders
Call Number: PN6101 .E23 2010
ISBN: 9780061583247
Publication Date: 2010-03-02
In this remarkable anthology, introduced and edited by Ilya Kaminsky and Susan Harris, poetic visions from the twentieth century will be reinforced and in many ways revised. Here, alongside renowned masters, are internationally celebrated poets who have rarely, if ever, been translated into English.
Nepantla: An Anthology for Queer Poets of Color by Christopher Soto (Editor)
ISBN: 9781937658786
Publication Date: 2018-05-01
In 2014, Christopher Soto and Lambda Literary Foundation founded the online journal Nepantla, with the mission to nurture, celebrate, and preserve diversity within the queer poetry community, including contributions as diverse in style and form, as the experiences of QPOC in the United States. Now, Nepantla will appear for the first time in print as a survey of poetry by queer poets of color throughout U.S. history.
Postmodern American Poetry by Paul Hoover (Editor)
ISBN: 9780393341867
Publication Date: 2013-03-18
Bringing together foundational postmodern poets like Charles Olson, Denise Levertov, and Allen Ginsberg with new voices like Christian Bok, Kenneth Goldsmith, and Katie Degentesh, this edition of Postmodern American Poetry is the essential collection for a new generation of readers.
Romantic Poetry by Michael O'Neill (Editor); Charles Mahoney (Editor)
Call Number: PR1222 .R653 2008
ISBN: 9780631213161
Publication Date: 2007-09-24
Easily adaptable as both an anthology and an insightful guide to reading and understanding Romantic Poetry, this text discusses the important elements in the works from poets such as Smith, Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey, Barbauld, Byron, Shelley, Hemans, Keats and Landon.

Online Bibliographies

ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance This link opens in a new window
A bibliography of more than 1,047,000 records for articles, essays, books, dissertation abstracts, encyclopedia entries and reviews from 9,757 publications, including 1,707 journals for study of the Middle Ages & the Renaissance.
World Shakespeare Bibliography Online This link opens in a new window
The World Shakespeare Bibliography Online provides annotated entries for all important books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare and published or produced from 1960 to the present. The scope is international, with coverage representing every country in North America, South America, and Europe and nearly every country in Asia, Africa, and Australasia.

Print Bibliographies

Victorian poetry: an annotated bibliography by Laurence W. Mazzeno
Call Number: PR591 .M35 1995
The bibliography of contemporary American poetry, 1945-1985: an annotated checklist by William McPheron
Call Number: Z1231.P7 M37 1986 (Ref non-circulating)
English poetry: select bibliographical guides by A. E. Dyson
Call Number: Z2014.P7 E53
Anglophone Caribbean poetry, 1970-2001: an annotated bibliography by Emily Allen Williams
Call Number: Z1524.P6 W45 2002

Finding Publishing Information

Book History Online This link opens in a new window
Book History Online (BHO) is a comprehensive international bibliography covering scholarly monographs, articles, and reviews in the fields of book and library history, focusing on the production and distribution of printed books in their economic and socio-cultural contexts, as well as their preservation and description. It is the online continuation of the Annual Bibliography of the History of the Printed Book and Libraries.

English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC)
The English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) lists over 460,000 items that were published between 1473 and 1800. Mainly, but not exclusively published, in English on the British Isles and North America. Features items from the collections of the British Library and over 2,000 other libraries.

Global Books in Print (Bowker) This link opens in a new window
Search for books in print, forthcoming books, and out of print books. Industry’s leading international bibliographic database offering more than 8 million English-language titles from the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
Literary MarketPlace This link opens in a new window
Literary MarketPlace is a directory of America and Canadian book publishing. Users can search for publishers of a particular subject and/or type of publication, publishers in specific states or cities, and small press and specialty publishers. Literary MarketPlace also includes contact information for literary agents.
Nineteenth Century Literary Society This link opens in a new window
The Nineteenth Century Literary Society database provides access to the historic John Murray Archive. From book history to travel writing, politics to poetry, this newly digitized resource introduces a repository for nineteenth century culture and the literary luminaries who shaped it.