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1 2 3 4 5 6 >>>     sort list by title | author That Was Now, This Is Then: Poems Vijay Seshadri The brilliant new collection from Vijay Seshadri, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning 3 Sections For Now Eileen Myles In this raucous meditation, Eileen Myles offers an intimate glimpse into creativity's immediacy. BORDERLAND APOCRYPHA !HIJOLE! but theres something in the ground in Fresno that grows amazing Chicanx poets….. And now here comes Anthony Cody. Cody does nothing less than unearth our history and decolonizes the poem on the page, reforming it into a powerful timeline of Mexican Lynchings in the U.S and deeply felt family memories. --recommended by Josiah HULL In their poem "WANT COULD KILL ME," Phillips writes: "I want to buy you / a cobalt velvet couch / all your haters' teeth / strung up like pearls." This moving collection, centered on the present day effects of colonization and slavery on the Black queer body, will blow you away. --recommended by Anna Nepantla An Anthology Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color Christopher Soto Here are reasons to sing, to shiver, to cry, to snap, to bark, to love, to feel-- in resonance. Words to keep near your pillow, and to read on the train, and to keep on your tongue. EVERY POEM HERE IS GOOD. --Recommended by Jared, City Lights Booksellers Of Poetry and Protest From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin This extraordinary volume collects the poems of forty-four of America's most talented African American wordsmiths, including Pulitzer Prize– winning poets Rita Dove, Natasha Tretheway, Yusef Komunyakaa and Tracy K. Smith, as well as the work of other luminaries such as Elizabeth Alexander, Ishmael Reed, Nikki Giovanni and Sonia Sanchez. Storage Unit for the Spirit House Maw Shein Win With sharp focus and startling language, the poems in Maw Shein Win's second book, Storage Unit for the Spirit House, look through physical objects to glimpse the ephemeral, the material, and the immaterial. Why the Black Hole Sings the Blues Poems, 2007-2020 Ishmael Reed A new collection of poems from the American author, poet, and playwright Ishmael Reed. Califia Burning New and Selected Poems, 1987-2020 A new collection of poems from the American poet Tennessee Reed. Under the Dome Walks with Paul Celan Jean Daive An arresting memoir of the final years and tragic suicide of one of twentieth-century Europe's greatest poets, published on the centenary of his birth. RESISTENCIA ' POEMS OF PROTEST & REVOLUT Tina Escaja Poems of Protest and Revolution is an extraordinary collection, rooted in a strong tradition of protest poetry and voiced by icons of the movement and some of the most exciting writers today. Every Day We Get More Illegal Juan Felipe Herrera A State of the Union from the nation's first Latino Poet Laureate. Trenchant, compassionate, and filled with hope. *Get a signed book plate by Juan Felipe! We'll include one with each book purchase while supply lasts. Blizzard poems Henri Cole Henri Cole, one of our greatest poets, explores the discordant nature of our condition on earth in Blizzard, his tenth collection. CAR MA Alison Mosshart CAR MA is artist and musician Alison Mosshart's first printed collection of paintings, photographs, short stories, and poetry. 1 2 3 4 5 6 >>>