Titoli in Amore

"Ich würde dir ohne Bedenken / Eine Kachel aus meinem Ofen schenken" - gibt es einen schöneren Liebesbeweis als diesen? Für Ringelnatz-Fans sicher nicht, denn kaum jemand schafft es wie er uns zum Lachen oder manchmal auch Weinen zu bringen, zu rühren und ab und zu vielleicht sogar zu schockieren. Wir treffen auf einsame Männer, die in Frauen verliebt sind, einen Elefanten, der sich in eine Qualle verguckt hat und die Prinzessin, die es dem Briefmark angetan hat.

Eine Sammlung der schönsten Liebesgedichte Rainer Maria Rilkes: Der Dichter, der für seine empfindsamen Naturgedichte bekannt ist, öffnet hier sein Herz und gewährt Einblicke in sein Innenleben, das durch die oft wechselnden Liebesverhältnisse und das immer wieder aufs Neue Verliebtsein geprägt wurde. Christian Redls Interpretation gibt Rilkes melodiöser Sprache und der Klangfülle seiner Gedichte noch eine weitere Dimension.

Annette von Droste-Hülshoff gilt als eine der bedeutendsten deutschen Dichterinnen des 19. Jahrhunderts. Ihre einfühlsamen Liebesgedichte entstanden, als sie in ihren literarischen Ziehsohn, den siebzehn Jahre jüngeren Levin Schückling, verliebt war.

'Brian Bilston is a laureate for our fractured times.' Ian McMillan 'Someone who knows their way round both a joke and a bittersweet narrative.' The Times 'Part John Cooper Clarke, part Frank Sidebottom . . . all brilliant.' Esquire 'Bilston is a magician with words' Guardian Alexa, what is...

Rachel Long’s much-anticipated debut collection of poems, My Darling from the Lions, announces the arrival of a thrilling new presence in poetry. Each poem has a vivid story to tell – of family quirks, the perils of dating, the grip of religion or sexual awakening – stories that are, by...

This program is read by the author The debut collection of poetry from Lili Reinhart, the actress and outspoken advocate for mental health awareness and body positivity. I seem to be your new favorite novel. One that keeps you up at night, turning my pages. Fingers lingering on me so you don’t...

Gordon Downie, lead singer and lyricist for the popular Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, released his first solo record, Coke Machine Glow in Spring 2001. Alongside the album, his first book of poetry and prose under the same title was published, including the lyrics to the sixteen songs...

An erotic journal in poems, from a rising star in the American poetry scene, author of the highly acclaimed collection Second Empire. “A book of love poems that consciously and subversively hearken back to Shakespeare’s sonnets, marking Hofmann’s position as one of our necessary poets of...

Stunning poems of obsession, loss, and the desire for a renewed self, from the award-winning poet “I thought I had left behind the darkness / of the heart,” Arvio confesses in the poem “Small War.” The love Arvio traces in these pages is indeed a battle, one in which the best-laid plans...

Poems of heartbreak and sex, self-care and self-critique, urban adventures and love on the road from the millennial queen and comedy sensation. In these short, captivating lyrics, Catherine Cohen, the one-woman stand-up chanteuse who electrified the downtown NYC comedy scene in her white go-go...

Dirty Pretty Things is the international bestseller by Michael Faudet. A finalist in the 2015 Goodreads Readers Choice Awards, his whimsical and often erotic writing has already captured the hearts and minds of literally thousands of readers from around the world. He paints vivid pictures with...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Book of Longing written and read by Leonard Cohen. Book of Longing is Leonard Cohen's first book of new poetry since Book of Mercy was published two decades ago. It collects Cohen's poetry written between the 1980s and 2006, when this book was first...