The Other Lover is a collection of bittersweet American love poems. Writing with jazz-like verbal panache, Bruce Smith reaches for the paradoxical pulls between sweetness and bitterness. With carefully crafted rhyming stanzas and unpredictable free verse rhythms, these poems bristle and pop like the riffs of a virtuoso horn player.... Read More
The Other Lover is a collection of bittersweet American love poems. Writing with jazz-like verbal panache, Bruce Smith reaches for the paradoxical pulls between sweetness and bitterness. With carefully crafted rhyming stanzas and unpredictable free verse rhythms, these poems bristle and pop like the riffs of a virtuoso horn player. The book is a personal, passionate, disturbing collection that places the reader both inside and outside of the poet's life. Deftly filtering personal experiences through improvisatory structures and a wide range of idioms, Smith communicates the want, the lack, the desire for what is missing, the sweetness of absence and pain. The pleasure of The Other Lover is in the imagination's dance in the erotic spaces between the poet and the reader.
If there’s a cause or charity you feel strongly about, we can make it happen! Just visit your account profile and pick one that is on our approved list!
Make a Difference
We’ll automatically donate 10% of your purchase each month to the cause or charity we are raising money for that month, and all you have to do is shop.
Read Together
Join readers passionate about inspiring change. We’re connecting readers around the world through amazing stories that make a difference.
Good Business, Great Cause
Booksio is one of the few online retailers that I feel good about shopping with. I picked up a book I’d been meaning to read and found something new while supporting a cause I care about. My books arrived on time and in good shape. I’ll definitely be shopping with Booksio again.
— Kurt P.
Confidence in the Mission
Shopping with Booksio exposes me to new causes with monthly supporting literature. I can choose to read what I want and know that way more than 0.5% of the purchase is going to a good cause that has been vetted.
— Alanna J.
Browse Our Collection
Search for a book or browse through categories to find over 15 million titles of books.
Purchase Your Books
Create an account and complete your purchase, we’ll ship your books within 3-4 business days.
Read With A Purpose
10% of all of your purchases will go towards the charity you choose. Support a good cause and read at the same time!
Making A Difference
HOW BOOKSIO WORKS
It’s possible to purchase books at almost any store, so why Booksio? With every book you buy from us, we donate 10% of the total cost to charity. Every month, we pick a new charitable cause for which you can receive literary support with your purchase. And we’re not just about selling books - we’re about reading and storytelling that makes a difference in this world.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
We’re so sorry this happened! Don’t hesitate to get in touch with our customer care team on this page within two weeks of delivery to describe what you received. Please include your order number (it looks like “BOOK-############” and was included in your confirmation email) and email address used for the purchase. A photo of the product in question is helpful too! We’ll work with you to resolve the problem as soon as possible.
Yes, you have the ability to cancel your order. Please reach out to our customer care team on this page, and we will be happy to assist you.
At this time, Booksio is ONLY available to US customers, both for print and digital orders. We are working to start accepting non-US orders in 2023.
After placing your first order with Booksio, you can change your billing information for future orders by logging into your account and selecting "My Payment Options".
You will receive an email with the tracking number, as well as a link, as soon as your order ships.
All of your digital purchases from Booksio can be accessed through our app, available on both the Apple App Store for iOS devices and in the Google Play Store for Android devices. You can sign in with your existing Booksio.com account to find your entire digital library.
At this time the act of buying a gift card does not trigger the 10% charitable donation. However, when the recipient redeems their gift card and makes a purchase, a charitable donation will occur at that time.
PRODUCT REVIEW
Subscribe To Our Newsletter
Have you signed up yet? Subscribe to our newsletter and we’ll keep you up-to-date on all of your
favorite authors, charities, books and special promotions. So don’t wait, sign up today!
