White Teeth, Red Blood

Selected Vampiric Verses

by Lord Byron; Charles Baudelaire; Emily Dickinson; Edna St. Vincent Millay; Ishmael Reed

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Pub Date 9 Sep 2025 | Archive Date 14 Aug 2025

Pushkin Press

Horror | Poetry & Verse | Sci Fi & Fantasy

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Description

SEDUCTIVE, SINISTER, GLAMOROUS, HORRIFIC: this collection brings together the best poems inspired by the undead, from Goethe and Byron to Emily Dickinson and Ishmael Reed

A nest of vampires literal and metaphorical, this poetry collection ranges across centuries and languages to bring readers a bevy of dark delights.

The undead have long provided the perfect vessel for humanity's fears and desires—from spine-tingling chills to sinister sexiness, vampires are the ultimate representation of the most frightening and alluring parts of ourselves. They've inspired poems that tell stories, proffer warnings, and imagine life from inside the eternal night, by authors like J.W. Goethe, Lord Byron, Emily Dickinson, Charles Baudelaire, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Delmira Agustini, and Ishmael Reed, brought together with many more in this one-of-a-kind collection.

With an introduction by Claire Kohda, author of Woman, Eating.

Contents include:

CHILLING TALES: poems by Gottfried August Burger, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Robert Southey, Anne Bannerman ("The Dark Ladie"), John Stagg ("The Vampyre"), Lord Byron, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Rafael Campo
DIRE WARNINGS: poems by Heinrich August Ossenfelder ("The Vampire"), John Keats, Henry Thomas Liddell ("The Vampire Bride"), James Clerk Maxwell, Charles Baudelaire, Christina Rossetti, Madison Julius Cawein, Rudyard Kipling, Conrad Aiken, Edna St Vincent Millay ("The Witch-Wife"), James Weldon Johnson
THE VAMPIRE WITHIN: poems by Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Emily Brontë ("Ah! Why, Because the Dazzling Sun"), Emily Dickinson ("A Death blow is a Life blow to Some [816]"), Walter Pater, Delmira Agustini, William Butler Yeats ("Oil and Blood"), Ishmael Reed ("I Am a Cowboy in the Boat of Ra"), Dorothy Barresi ("Pocket Vampire"), John Yau

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PRICE	US$19.95 (USD)
PAGES	208

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Karly B, Reviewer

WHITE TEETH, RED BLOOD: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This is a selection of various vampiric poems and it was so fun to read. My personal favourite was The Vampyre by James Clerk Maxwell. I really enjoyed this.

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Katie S, Reviewer

Thank you to NetGalley and to the publisher Bonnier Books for the digital ARC, it has not affected my honest review.

This fascinating collection of poems about vampires through different historical eras pulled me in so quickly, and even though some felt a little overlong, I loved how I could see exactly what the authors intended. I loved Christabel, The White Witch, Witch Wife and A Daughter of Eve the most!

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Grace R, Reviewer

Dark, twisted, and bloody poems you will want to sink your teeth into.

I've never been one for poetry, but these had me gripped. poems from writers of both the past and present, bringing us tales of vampires old and sometimes the heartache that comes with it. These have gotten me in the mood and anticipation for my upcoming winter production of Dracula at the theatre, and whatever role I receive, I hope to use these poems to guide me. Have I mentioned that vampires have always been my favorite?

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Crafty G, Reviewer

An Awesome and lovely dark anthology of poetry written over the ages by our best authors, focus on vampires.

I'm not especially a vampire lover when it comes for fiction save for the classics but I do love a great and dark poem when it is eerie and perfectly written.

This vamps anthology offers some of the best poems and verses you can find, through the ages, from Goethe to Emily Dickinson, Lord Byron or even Ishmael Reed.

It's bloody, it's dark and it's definitely the perfect introduction to classics and poetry if you want to start somewhere and like dark creatures.

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Reviewer 1422921

White Teeth, Red Blood: Selected Vampiric Verses publishing 11th September 2025 in the UK.

Firstly, Claire Kodha gives an excellent introduction which was very interesting to read through and helps set the tone for the verses to come.

A great collection of vampire tales conveniently grouped together depending on their context. Including works from big names that everyone has heard of to some I hadn't, and people you would expect to see and others you wouldn't.

A great read to pick up and read through as and when to sate the vampire within.

Thank you to Pushkin Press and NetGalley for the e-ARC of this title.