"-- Times Literary Supplement "Readers will be obsessed by this book; they will memorize passages, give copies to friends, proselytize. That's because Vectors so generously provides the best that poetry can offer.

In By the Numbers Richardson dips into an expansive repertoire of approaches and shows excellent command, as he illuminates the commute between the ordinary and the mystical." —National Book Award finalist, Judges' Citation “[O]ne of ...

Richardson's recent critical success has created fresh interest in his older out-of-print work.

Hardly Inferior serves as a prideful resource for African Americans and is an enlightenment for all Americans. This is Richardson’s first published non-fiction work. He is also the author of four race-themed novels.

"For James Richardson, poetry is serious and speculative play for both intellect and imagination… [He] makes familiar scenes strange enough to provoke new and startling insights."—National Book Award Judges "James Richardson is . . . a ...

For Now celebrates nows of every length, from the sweep of cosmic evolution, to the span of a life, to the glint of dew on a cold shovel.

Richardson is the author of several collections of poetry, criticism, and aphorisms, and has been awarded or nominated for some of the top awards in American literature, including the Jackson Poetry Prize, the National Book Award, and the ...

The fifth volume of the major six-volume commentary on Homer's Iliad is the first to be edited by one of G.S. Kirk's four collaborators.

"After introducing the theme of contending liberalisms, Richardson traces the emergence over time of a distinctive liberal view of international relations and reviews the present state of liberal IR theory.

Traces the life and political career of San Francisco's first African American mayor