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Salamat sa IntersectionalityDani Putney's debut poetry collection, SALAMAT SA INTERSECTIONALITY, is a lyrical triptych that traces the evolution of the speaker's identity as a queer, non-binary, mixed-race Filipinx, and neurodivergent individual. Each "panel" of the speaker's life represents a distinct period of growth: a youthful beginning,...
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evening primrosesGabby Loomis-Amrhein's debut collection seeks to address trans struggle and liberation in the crepuscularity and in-betweenness of rural being. Showing the country itself as queer, "evening primroses" serves as a sort of field guide for growth and change in that space, marking the passage...
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A Year in the Life of Death: Poems Inspired by the Obituary Pages of the New York TimesWhen Shawn Levy had the notion to write a poem each day for a year, inspired by the obituary pages of The New York Times, he had no way of knowing that the year in question, 2016, would claim so many of the world's...
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Mother Truths: Poems on Early MotherhoodRefreshingly honest rhymes on first-time motherhood.Mother Truths is a beautiful, funny, and raw collection of poetry about early motherhood. The perfect gift for expectant mothers and new mums. It's comprised of 38 poems and includes the viral hit 'That First Year'. Karen McMillan delivers...
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Hex & Howl"You and I were told to swallow / our hexed howling, refuse the reptilian // and the mammalian, unless it's tame, / you know, cow-eyed, with a roundness eager / for petting." A powerful evocation of the feminist voice, HEX & HOWL both applies...
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These Unforgettable ThingsThere are unforgettable things we lift to the light. There are unforgettable things we wish would stay buried. In her second collection, S.L. Gray tells the story of loss and healing through poetry and prose.Author: S. L. GrayPublisher: Independently PublishedPublished: 02/23/2021Pages: 156Binding Type: PaperbackWeight:...
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Khaab Kho Gaya - ਖਾਬ ਖੋ ਗਿਆਇਸ ਕਿਤਾਬ ਰਾਹੀ ਮੈਂ ਉਨਾ ਖਾਬਾਂ ਬਾਰੇ ਜਿਕਰ ਕੀਤਾ ਹੈ, ਜੋ ਅਕਸਰ ਹੀ ਖੋ ਜਾਦੇ ਨੇ, ਕਿਸੇ ਨਾ ਕਿਸੇ ਅਣ-ਸੁਖਾਵੇ ਕਾਰਨ ਕਰਕੇ। ਜਿਸ ਨਾਲ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਫਿਰ ਤੋ ਆਪਣੇ ਅਤੀਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਚਲਾ ਜਾਦਾ ਹੈ, ਜੋ ਕਿ ਉਸ ਲਈ ਚਿੰਤਾਂ ਦਾ ਵਿਸ਼ਾ ਬਣਦਾ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਕਿਤਾਬ...
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The Poets of Rapallo: How Mussolini's Italy Shaped British, Irish, and U.S. WritersA new story about the relationships between major twentieth-century English-language poets. Why did poets from the United States, Britain, and Ireland gather in a small town in Italy during the early years of Mussolini's regime? These writers were--or became--some of the most famous poets...
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The Lives of the Virgins 2015The Lives of the Virgins 2015 was written in part about the visit of the poet to Italy, Greece, and his fictitious environment in Southern New Jersey. Author: Stephen SweigartPublisher: Booktrail PublishingPublished: 02/02/2021Pages: 54Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.13dISBN: 9781637670132About the...
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The Charm and the DreadIn Rodrigo Toscano's The Charm and The Dread, the unraveling of the American Imperium is rendered frontally, through strange adjacencies. Always an astute observer of tectonic shifts in political culture, Toscano plumbs the inter-locking crises that have kicked us into these 2020's. From formal...
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Winter PhoenixA book of testimonies in verse, Winter Phoenix is a collection of poems written loosely after the form of an international war crimes tribunal. The poet, a daughter of a Vietnamese refugee, navigates the epigenetics of trauma passed down, and across, the archives of...
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Brocken SpectreSet in San Francisco, Brocken Spectre examines the way the past presses up against the present. The speaker, raised in the wake of the AIDS crisis, engages with ideas of belatedness, of looking back to a past that cannot be inhabited, of the ethics...
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Resisting Canada: An Anthology of New PoetryResisting Canada gathers together poets for a conversation bigger than poetic trends. The book's organizing principle is Canada--the Canada that established residential schools; the Canada grappling with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission; the Canada that has been visible in its welcome of Syrian refugees,...
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CeiveA poetic retelling of Noah's Ark set in the near future, Ceive is a novella in verse that recounts a post-apocalyptic journey aboard a container ship. This contemporary flood narrative unfolds through poems following the perspective of a woman named Val, who is found...
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Prayers of My YouthIn his third poetry collection, poet F.S. Yousaf displays some of his most powerful work in an autobiographical collection which revolves around spirituality, youth, and finding oneself in the midst of life. Filled with longer poems, Prayers of My Youth is a unique and...
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To Love and Mourn in the Age of DisplacementClassroom guide and introduction written by author inside. An elegy and a celebration, TO LOVE AND MOURN IN THE AGE OF DISPLACEMENT by Alan Pelaez Lopez is an attempt to make a / world anew via the conjuring properties of poetry. Alan Pelaez Lopez...
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Words Is a Powerful Thing: Twenty Years of Teaching Creative Writing at Douglas County JailBrian Daldorph first entered the Douglas County Jail classroom in Lawrence, Kansas, to teach a writing class on Christmas Eve 2001. His last class at the jail for the foreseeable future was mid-March 2020, right before the COVID-19 lockdown; the virus is taking a...
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Lucky BoyMark Lilley's Lucky Boy is filled with hints of unsettledness: bus tickets, a storm front, a rootless father, any number of nervously-smoked cigarettes. In cars, vans, pickups, and big rigs, characters seem almost continually on the move. What remains in place, however, is the...
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Back to the Light: PoemsAcclaimed poet George Ella Lyon returns with a brilliant new collection that traces the arc of a woman's life from girlhood to mature womanhood. In answer to the first poem, "Little Girl Who Knows Too Much," Lyon embarks on a journey from a child...
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Short Haul EngineKaren Solie takes risks with perception and language, risks that pay off in such startling ways that it's hard to believe this is a first book. Short Haul Engine is one great twist of fate and fury after another. The writing is clear, striking...
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