Poetry

To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness (Hardcover)

By Robin Coste Lewis

$28.00

ISBN: 9781524732585

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Published: Knopf - December 6th, 2022

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In this breathtaking combination of photography and poetry Robin Coste Lewis again asks, what can we do with our history? Our past is the material for our future but only if we engage with it critically & creatively. Coste Lewis is doing powerful things with history, art, and poetry.

Josh

Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry (Paperback)

By Gary Jackson, Len Lawson (Editor), Cynthia Manick (Editor)

$20.95

ISBN: 9781949467673

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Published: Blair - November 1st, 2021

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I cannot explain how excited I was to fumble across this on a cart of books to shelve. I'm always hoping to find more sci-fi/fantasy done in verse, and this is just so much more! That each of these pieces of artwork exist individually is wonderful enough, but as a collection it's just phenomenal.

Stacey

The Golden Age: Ovid's Metamorphoses (Hardcover)

By Ovid, Ana Sender (Illustrator), Heinz Janisch (Adapted by)

$29.95

ISBN: 9780735844711

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Published: NorthSouth Books - October 4th, 2022

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D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths for a new generation, this beautifully illustrated selection from Ovid's Metamorphoses will introduce kids to some of the well trodden myths alongside the less while known stories of transformation.

Katherine

The Missing Piece (Hardcover)

By Shel Silverstein, Shel Silverstein (Illustrator)

$17.99

ISBN: 9780060256715

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Published: HarperCollins - January 24th, 2006

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This touching and heartwarming tale told by a renowned children's poet about accepting who you are as you are is one of my all time favorites. Perfect for reading aloud and for beginning readers.

Morgan

Metamorphoses (A Penguin Classics Hardcover) (Hardcover)

By Ovid, Stephanie McCarter (Translated by)

$38.00

ISBN: 9780525505990

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Published: Penguin Classics - November 8th, 2022

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The perfect excuse to revisit Ovid's Metamorphoses. Stephanie McCarter's translation is lush and gorgeous, keeping the poetic bones of Ovid's epic without falling into the clunky pitfalls that comes from translating a classic poem to English. McCarter takes a frank look at the power dynamics of of the Metamorphoses, making this the perfect companion to Emily Wilson's Odyssey and Caroline Alexander's Iliad.

Katherine

The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On (Hardcover)

By Franny Choi

$27.99

ISBN: 9780063240087

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Published: Ecco - November 1st, 2022

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Choi's kaleidoscopic gaze unravels catastrophe after catastrophe, putting into context our precedented times. Considering the fractal immensity of the disasters we're all somehow expected to survive -- or, worse, not to -- is like trying to hold a globe of molten glass in your bare hands. And to be a fully alive human in this world, you have to. There's no option not to hold the glass. Choi's work in this book doesn't cool the glass, but it provides you with oven mitts: for now, at least, you may hold it and behold it.

Piera

Look at This Blue (Paperback)

By Allison Adelle Hedge Coke

$16.95

ISBN: 9781566896207

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Published: Coffee House Press - March 29th, 2022

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In a prose sentence, describing an explicit connection between mass extinction and genocide can feel forced, or worse, dehumanizing, but through the grammar of poetry Hedge Coke creates an emotional experience that pushes in the opposite direction, showing that to truly value humanity one must truly value the earth and everything on it. Like Voyage of the Sable Venus & the works of Susan Howe, Hedge Coke’s use of poetry breaks open the limits of “rational” thought to expose profoud and powerful truths of the human experience on earth.

Josh

Plans for Sentences (Paperback)

By Renee Gladman

$30.00

ISBN: 9781950268580

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Published: Wave Books - May 3rd, 2022

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Writing about the fundamental mechanics of language and narrative is kinda like trying to chop down a tree, with another tree. Gladman comes closer than any other writer I've read at pulling off this impossible feat. Plans for Sentences is complex, challenging, & strangely beautiful and there are phrases that will make every writer sigh.

Josh

The Dream of Reason (Paperback)

By Jenny George

$16.00

ISBN: 9781556595196

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Published: Copper Canyon Press - April 17th, 2018

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Not all of these poems are about death, but a lot of them are. Likewise, not all of these poems are about pigs, but really truly A LOT of them are, and Jenny George treats both subjects with the care and close attention of someone who loves this world and all the things living and dying in it. Describing a pig, George writes: "All sleeping things are children."

Piera

Gold (Paperback)

By Rumi, Haleh Liza Gafori (Translated by), Haleh Liza Gafori (Editor)

$14.95

ISBN: 9781681375335

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Published: NYRB Classics - March 8th, 2022

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For folks unfamiliar with Rumi, Haleh Liza's translation is the perfect introduction. Rumi was a Muslim poet in 13th cen. Persia, and his work has often been translated by westerners who struggled with the original language. Haleh's translation is vibrant and accessible, and through her skill with both languages, she offers readers a glimpse at the love Rumi held for his friend and teacher, Shams, which echoes through the centuries. Even as someone who doesn't usually enjoy poetry, this collection has served as a source of joy. I can't recommend it enough. 

Murphy