Pitt Poetry Books in Order

Pitt Poetry contains 104 books, published between 1959 and 2024. The first book is The Axion Esti (1959) and the newest is Night Watch on the Chesapeake (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
104
Published
1959–2024
Pages on record
5,110 in 53 of 104 books
Reading time
85–128 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,110 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 53 of 104 titles with a page count on record.

Pitt Poetry is a multi-poet series of 104 books, running from The Axion Esti (1959) to Night Watch on the Chesapeake (2024). Peter Meinke is the most credited poet, on 6 books, and Richard Shelton, Larry Levis, Ronald Wallace, Reginald Shepherd and Alicia Suskin Ostriker have 3 each. Catalogue subjects include American poetry, translations into English, women authors and African American, Asian American and Hispanic American authors. The 1990s are the peak decade, and the Pitt Poetry series is still publishing.

How many Pitt Poetry books are there?

Pitt Poetry has 104 books, released between 1959 and 2024.

Pitt Poetry Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 104 Pitt Poetry books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. 1
    The Axion Esti1959 · 86 pages · confirmed 1/4
    195986
  2. 2
    The Homer Mitchell place1968 · confirmed 1/4
    1968
  3. 3
    Body Compass1969 · confirmed 1/4
    1969
  4. 5
    Another Kind Of Rain1970 · 86 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197086
  5. 6
    The Floor Keeps Turning1970 · 98 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197098
  6. 7
    Collected Poems1970 · 216 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1970216
  7. 8
    When Thy King Is A Boy1970 · 75 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197075
  8. 9
    The Blood of Adonis1971 · 54 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197154
  9. 10
    The Tattooed Desert1971 · confirmed 1/4
    1971
  10. 11
    Windows and Stones1972 · 84 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197284
  11. 12
    A Canopy in the Desert1973 · 222 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973222
  12. 13
    In Sepia1974 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197448
  13. 14
    Lake songs and other fears1974 · 56 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197456
  14. 15
    Etai-Eken1975 · 84 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197584
  15. 16
    The terror of the snows1976 · 76 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197676
  16. 171977
  17. 18
    The Bus to Veracruz1978 · 82 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197882
  18. 19
    The Runner1978 · 65 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197865
  19. 20
    Paper boy1979 · 57 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197957
  20. 21
    The Lone Woman and Others1980 · 260 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980260
  21. 22
    Ruby for Grief1981 · 67 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198167
  22. 23
    Trying to Surprise God1981 · confirmed 1/4
    1981
  23. 24
    Emplumada1981 · confirmed 1/4
    1981
  24. 25
    Flowers from the Volcano1982 · 87 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198287
  25. 26
    Selected Poems, 1969-19811982 · confirmed 1/4
    1982
  26. 27
    Heart of the Garfish1982 · 44 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198244
  27. 28
    Winter Stars1985 · confirmed 1/4
    1985
  28. 29
    The Essential Etheridge Knight1986 · confirmed 1/4
    1986
  29. 30
    People and Dog in the Sun1987 · 66 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198766
  30. 31
    Torque1988 · 61 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198861

Where to start with Pitt Poetry

Start with The Axion Esti (1959), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Pitt Poetry book?

Night Watch on the Chesapeake (2024) is the newest Pitt Poetry book released so far.

Is there a new Pitt Poetry book coming?

No next Pitt Poetry book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Pitt Poetry at a glance

Still running
Pitt Poetry is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Pitt Poetry books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
5,110 pages across the 53 of 104 books with a recorded length, a median of 79 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Pitt Poetry books, 36 of 104, were published in the 1990s.
Attribution
Of the 104 titles, 6 are credited to Peter Meinke, 3 to Richard Shelton, 3 to Larry Levis and 3 to Ronald Wallace. A further 79 writers are credited. 2 titles carry no credit.

What the Pitt Poetry books are about

55 of the 104 Pitt Poetry books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: poetry is tagged on 49 of 55. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Poetry 49 of 55 books
  • Women authors 8 of 55 books
  • Americans 6 of 55 books
  • LITERARY CRITICISM 6 of 55 books
  • American literature 3 of 55 books
  • Asian american authors 3 of 55 books
  • African American authors 2 of 55 books
  • Hispanic American authors 2 of 55 books
  • Norwegian american authors 2 of 55 books