No Mercy (National Poetry Series Books

by Lee Upton

Book by Upton, Lee

Genres: Poetry

Paperback

First published November 1, 1989

About the author

Lee Upton writes books of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and literary criticism. Her comic novel, Tabitha, Get Up, was named a semi-finalist for the 2026 James Thurber Prize for American Humor. A sequel, Tabitha, Stay Up, is forthcoming in September 2026. Her psychological thriller The Withers, with highly positive reviews from Kirkus and Library Journal, was released in June 2026. Her literary mystery, Wrongful, appeared in 2025. She is also the author of The Day Every Day Is, winner of the Saturnalia Books Prize, and two collections of short stories, The Tao of Humiliation, and Visitations, which were both awarded the Kirkus Star. The Tao of Humiliation received the BOA Short Fiction Prize. Her novella, The Guide to the Flying Island, was awarded the Miami University Novella Prize. Her collection of essays, Swallowing the Sea: On Writing & Ambition Boredom Purity & Secrecy, received ForeWord Review's Book of the Year Award in the category of books about writing. Her poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, the New Republic, Poetry, Harvard Review, American Poetry Review, and in three editions of Best American Poetry.