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1 2 3 4 5 6 >>>     sort list by title | author Xicancuicatl: Collected Poems Alfred Arteaga, David Lloyd This book by one of the most important Chicanx poets is so breathtaking that it defies comment. --Recommended by Solomon 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 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. CAR MA Alison Mosshart CAR MA is artist and musician Alison Mosshart's first printed collection of paintings, photographs, short stories, and poetry. Finna Poems Nate Marshall Sharp, lyrical poems celebrating the Black vernacular—its influence on pop culture, its necessity for familial survival, its rite in storytelling and in creating the safety found only within its intimacy --recommended by Paul Natch City Lights Spotlight Series No. 20 Sophia Dahlin Queer pastoral lyrics take on the romantic sublime in a stunningly assured debut collection. 1 2 3 4 5 6 >>>