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• Pilgrim Bell

  Poems

  Akbar, Kaveh,

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  “[Kaveh] Akbar is exquisitely sensitive to how language can function as both presence and absence. . . . His practice of taking language apart, and harnessing the empty space around it, makes even the most familiar words seem eerie and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Are Each Other's Harvest

  Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy

  Baszile, Natalie,

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  "In this impressive anthology, Natalie Baszile brings together essays, poems, photographs, quotes, conversations, and first-person stories to examine black people’s connection to the American land from Emancipation to today."--Harper…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• With My Back to the World

  Poems

  Chang, Victoria, 1970-

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  "A new collection of poetry inspired by the work of Agnes Martin, exploring topics of feminism, art, depression, and grief, by the author of the prizewinning collection Obit."--Novelist

• Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced An Emergency

  Chen, Chen, 1989-

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  "In his highly anticipated second collection, Chen Chen continues his exploration of family, both blood and chosen, examining what one inherits and what one invents, as a queer Asian American living through an era of Trump, mass shootings…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Carry Water

  Selected Poems of Lucille Clifton

  Clifton, Lucille, 1936-2010,

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  "These poems celebrating black womanhood and resilience shimmer with intellect, insight, humor, and joy, all in Clifton’s characteristic style--a voice that the late Toni Morrison described as 'seductive with the simplicity of an atom,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Complete Poems, 1904-1962

  Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962

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  Here you will find all of E.E. Cummings poems in one book.

• Natural Birth

  Poems

  Derricotte, Toi, 1941-

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  "With insightful candour, Toi Derricote's poem explores the ways in which her confusion about love and sex and longing took away from the pleasures of pregnancy and motherhood."--Goodreads

• Dyscalculia

  a Love Story of Epic Miscalculation

  Felix, Camonghne,

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  "The acclaimed author of Build Yourself a Boat examines a painful breakup and subsequent healing through the prism of her childhood "dyscalculia"--a disorder that makes it difficult to learn math."--Novelist

• When Angels Speak of Love

  Poems

  hooks, bell, 1952-

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  "bell hooks‘ book is a fresh and deeply insightful perspective on the matters of love. Love is an issue that a lot of people often question. In the event of heartbreak, many people become skeptical of it."--Bell Hooks books

• Magdalene

  Poems

  Howe, Marie, 1950-

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  "In her fourth collection, former New York poet laureate Howe (The Kingdom of Ordinary Time) creates a poignant portrait of contemporary womanhood through the persona of Mary Magdalene."--Library Journal

• Directed by Desire

  the Collected Poems of June Jordan

  Jordan, June, 1936-2002

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  "This definitive volume gathers work from June Jordan’s ten books of poetry and includes many never-before-published poems—including a tender, fierce, and innovative collection of poems written before her death in 2002."--Copper Canyon…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Deaf Republic

  Poems

  Kaminsky, Ilya, 1977-

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  "Deaf Republic opens in an occupied country in a time of political unrest. When soldiers breaking up a protest kill a deaf boy, Petya, the gunshot becomes the last thing the citizens hear--they all have gone deaf, and their dissent becomes…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Everyday Mojo Songs of Earth

  New and Selected Poems, 2001-2021

  Komunyakaa, Yusef,

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  "Everyday Mojo Songs of Earth brings together selected poems from the past twenty years of Yusef Komunyakaa’s work, as well as new poems from the Pulitzer Prize winner. Komunyakaa’s masterful, concise verse conjures arresting images of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Hurting Kind

  Limón, Ada,

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  “With Limón’s remarkable ability to trace thought, The Hurting Kind explores those questions—incorporating others’ stories and ways of knowing, making surprising turns, and always reaching a place of startling insight. These poems slip…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cast Away

  Poems for Our Time

  Nye, Naomi Shihab,

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  "Poet Naomi Shihab Nye shines a spotlight on the things we cast away, from plastic water bottles to refugees."--Novelist

• Black Movie

  Smith, Danez,

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  Also available as an e-book.

• Under Purple Skies

  the Minneapolis Anthology

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  "With over fifty poems and essays, Under Purple Skies: The Minneapolis Anthology collects some of the most exciting work being done in, or about, Minneapolis and the Twin Cities area, with narrative threads that stretch back not just to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Nature

  Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry

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  "Black Nature is the first anthology to focus on nature writing by African American poets, a genre that until now has not commonly been counted as one in which African American poets have participated."--University of Georgia Press.

• Go Home!

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  "Asian diasporic writers imagine “home” in the twenty-first century through an array of fiction, memoir, and poetry. Both urgent and meditative, this anthology moves beyond the model-minority myth and showcases the singular intimacies of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Eat Joy

  Stories & Comfort Food From 31 Celebrated Writers

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  "This collection of intimate, illustrated essays by some of America’s most well–regarded literary writers explores how comfort food can help us cope with dark times--be it the loss of a parent, the loneliness of a move, or the pain of…Read moreRead more of this annotation