Poetry
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Mothman Apologia: Volume 116This volume of the Yale Series of Younger Poets explores love, grief, the opioid epidemic, and coming of age "Elegiac and witty."--Elisa Gabbert, New York Times, "The Best Poetry of 2022" "These poems name the hurt wrought upon the meek that makes the elegy,...
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The Study of Human LifeAn acclaimed poet further extends his range into the realm of speculative fiction, while addressing issues as varied as abolition, Black ecological consciousness, and the boundless promise of parenthood Featuring the novella "The Book of Mycah," soon to be adapted by Lena Waithe's Hillman...
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Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and WestSacred poetry from twelve mystics and saints, rendered brilliantly by Daniel Ladinsky, beloved interpreter of verses by the fourteenth-century Persian poet HafizOne of 6 Books Oprah Loves to Give as Gifts During the Holidays"All kinds of beautiful poetry." -Hoda Kotb In this luminous collection,...
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Dear Selection CommitteeFramed as a job application, and bounding with associative leaps and surrealist underpinnings, Dear Selection Committee is a subversive, sexy love song to an endlessly messy self and the burning world it inhabits. Full of apostrophic power, these poems shift among registers of loss,...
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The Poetry of W. B. Yeats: Deluxe Slipcase EditionThe world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper. - W.B. Yeats This beautiful silkbound hardback contains the complete poetic works of W.B. Yeats. One of Ireland's greatest writers, Yeats helped to revive the fortunes of Irish literature...
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The TranscendenceBy turns moving and reflective, playful and wise, The Transcendence explores the spiritual growth of Holland Millar; an intellectual man whose life, along with the lives of his family and friends, takes the reader on a journey of inspiration and self-discovery. Life, death, and...
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And We Rise: The Civil Rights Movement in PoemsA powerful, impactful, eye-opening journey that explores through the Civil Rights Movement in 1950s-1960s America in spare and evocative verse, with historical photos interspersed throughout. In stunning verse and vivid use of white space, Erica Martin's debut poetry collection walks readers through the Civil...
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On the Black Hand Side: PoemsOn the Black Hand Side is a collection of poems about black life, love, and justice. Coleman is engaged in the project of showing that black people's humanity, and their lives, matter. His work is a journey through his own experiences, in which-in the...
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The Big SmokeA finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in Poetry--a collection that examines the myth and history of the prizefighter Jack Johnson The legendary Jack Johnson (1878-1946) was a true American creation. The child of emancipated slaves, he overcame the...
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Little AstronautA poetry collection about the beautiful and disorienting period of new motherhood, exploring an experience both otherworldly and very, very human. little astronaut is a fully revised and updated edition of the limited-release poetry collection by critically acclaimed poet J. Hope Stein. Featuring over...
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The Best Part of Me: Children Talk about Their Bodies in Pictures and WordsAn award-winning photographer asked several children What is the best part of you?, and presents their answers in this sometimes funny, sometimes moving, deeply personal book that includes striking black-and-white photographs taken by the author. Ideal for parents and teacher to use to discuss...
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Such Color: New and Selected Poems"Tracy K. Smith's poetry is an awakening itself." --Vogue Celebrated for its extraordinary intelligence and exhilarating range, the poetry of Tracy K. Smith opens up vast questions. Such Color: New and Selected Poems, her first career-spanning volume, traces an increasingly audacious commitment to exploring...
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Yum! ¡Mmmm! ¡Qué Rico! Americas' SproutingsNotable Children's Book, American Library Association (ALA) Américas Book Award, Consortium of Latin American Studies ProgramsA collection of haiku focusing on fourteen foods native to the Americas, celebrating the fun of the foods as well as their origins.Smear nutty butter, then jelly. Gooey party,...
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The Llama Who Had No Pajama: 100 Favorite PoemsIf you're sleepy in the jungleAnd you wish to find a pillow, Take a friendly word of warning: DO NOT USE AN ARMADILLO! Covering everything from centipedes to whales, from swinging on swings to ice-skating in winter, from eating applesauce to celebrating birthdays, the...
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In a Few Minutes Before Later"[Hillman's] work is fierce but loving, risk-taking, and beautiful." --Harvard ReviewAn iconoclastic ecopoet who has led the way for many young and emerging artists, Brenda Hillman continues to re-cast innovative poetic forms as instruments for tracking human and non-human experiences. At times the poet...
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Just Us: An American ConversationNow in paperback, Claudia Rankine's "skyscraper in the literature on racism" (Christian Science Monitor) In Just Us, Claudia Rankine invites us into a necessary conversation about Whiteness in America. What would it take for us to breach the silence, guilt, and violence that arise...
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New Poets of Native NationsA landmark anthology celebrating twenty-one Native poets first published in the twenty-first centuryNew Poets of Native Nations gathers poets of diverse ages, styles, languages, and tribal affiliations to present the extraordinary range and power of new Native poetry. Heid E. Erdrich has selected twenty-one...
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You Are Only Just Beginning: Lessons for the Journey AheadFrom bestselling author and beloved artist Morgan Harper Nichols, this illustrated collection of poetry empowers you to embrace your next adventure with confidence and grace. Sometimes it's difficult to take that first step into your future and embrace the unknown. In this collection of...
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This Afterlife: Selected PoemsA selection of sharp, witty, and impeccably crafted poems from A. E. Stallings, the award-winning poet and translator. This Afterlife: Selected Poems brings together poetry from A. E. Stallings's four acclaimed collections, Archaic Smile, Hapax, Olives, and Like, as well as a lagniappe of...
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The Kissing of KissingIn this remarkable debut, which marks the beginning of Multiverse--a literary series written and curated by the neurodivergent--Hannah Emerson's poems keep, dream, bring, please, grownd, sing, kiss, and listen. They move with and within the beautiful nothing ("of buzzing light") from which, as she...
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