Poetry

Wicked Enchantment: Selected Poems (Hardcover)

By Wanda Coleman, Terrance Hayes (Editor)

$20.76

ISBN: 9781574232370

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Published: Black Sparrow Press - April 7th, 2020

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Wanda Coleman, a poet laureate of anger and honesty, lived resistance and shouted rebellion, has always been the poet America needed, though sometimes it seemed like she was the only one who knew that. With this new book of poems selected and introduced by Terrance Hayes, perhaps America will finally know it too. 

Josh

Postcolonial Love Poem: Poems (Paperback)

By Natalie Diaz

$16.00

ISBN: 9781644450147

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Published: Graywolf Press - March 3rd, 2020

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You'll want to eat these poems in heaping spoonfuls so they fill your mouth and also nibble at them in delicate bits so they last as long as possible. A gasping collection. A sighing collection. A singing collection. Diaz should clear space on her mantle for the awards she is sure to win.

Josh

HoodWitch (ACRE) (Paperback)

By Faylita Hicks

$16.00

ISBN: 9781946724243

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Published: Acre Books - October 15th, 2019

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I'm finding my words insufficient for describing what Hicks has achieved with this book of poetry, so I'm going to quote Tyrese Coleman: “These poems explore Black femme power and the reclaiming of those harmed bodies...and embracing the nonbinary femme body through a miasma of language and imagery that conjures Christian, Afrofuturist, and Voodoo mysticism; it’s all beautifully visceral and real.”

Stacey

Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers: Poems (National Poetry) (Paperback)

By Jake Skeets

$16.00

ISBN: 9781571315205

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Published: Milkweed Editions - September 10th, 2019

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Jake Skeets’s poems sometimes sound like gears grinding in an old pickup truck you’ve barely kept going for years, sometimes like a heavy pint glass being slammed down on a sticky bar moments before someone says something they’ll always regret, and sometimes like a tender, consoling whisper. This collection will take your breath away and give it back with something added.

Josh

Dunce (Hardcover)

By Mary Ruefle

$25.00

ISBN: 9781940696850

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Published: Wave Books - September 10th, 2019

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Another gem from a criminally under-read poet. Ruefle has a way of tilting the world so ideas and images you thought you understood, start to slide off the table. Dunce is full of the wit, wisdom, and weirdness that makes Ruefle such an important poetic voice. 

Josh

Life of the Party: Poems (Paperback)

By Olivia Gatwood

$17.00

ISBN: 9781984801906

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Published: Dial Press Trade Paperback - August 20th, 2019

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Gatwood beautifully describes the tragedy that comes with female adolescence and sexuality in the most raw and immersing fashion. Incredible poet, incredible woman- an all time favorite. Each word spoke to me on a level that I didn’t even know words were capable of reaching. Life of the Party is a page-turner for sure and is something I will forever hold close to my heart. 

Hannah

A Fortune for Your Disaster (Paperback)

By Hanif Abdurraqib

$15.95

ISBN: 9781947793439

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Published: Tin House Books - September 3rd, 2019

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Not everything is Sisyphean. No one ever wants to imagine themselves as the boulder.” Hanif’s words have stuck with me since I first heard them, and they keep summoning me back. They convict and inspire as they weave magic and music and messy relationships into something that feels like life but is also more. If you’re not reading Hanif you are missing out.

Caleb

Citizen Illegal (Paperback)

By José Olivarez

$16.00

ISBN: 9781608469543

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Published: Haymarket Books - September 4th, 2018

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National Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off in September! Celebrate it by picking up this devastating, thought-provoking, brimming-with-love collection by Mexican-American poet José Olivarez. Pick it up right now & read any poem at random for a taste (I recommend pg 59 but they're all wonderful).

Kate

If They Come for Us: Poems (Paperback)

By Fatimah Asghar

$16.00

ISBN: 9780525509783

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Published: One World - August 7th, 2018

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April is National Poetry Month! Celebrate it with Fatimah Asghar's IF THEY COME FOR US. I started marking my favorite poems and eventually gave up when I realized every page was dog-eared. This collection entwines poems about the India/Pakistan Partition and Asghar's family history with personal explorations of queerness, the loss of her parents, and growing up as a Pakistani Muslim girl in post-9/11 America. There's truly something in here for everyone.

Kate

We Play a Game (Yale Series of Younger Poets #112) (Paperback)

By Duy Doan, Carl Phillips (Foreword by)

$20.00

ISBN: 9780300230871

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Published: Yale University Press - March 20th, 2018

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We Play A Game is intimate, poignant, playful, confessional, hilarious, strange, searing, and clever -- often all in the same poem.  Duy Doan writes about being Vietnamese-American, about the Tootsie Pop owl and soccer, about lovers and prayer, language and family.  Winner of the Yale Prize (2017), this book was recently named a Lambda finalist in the bisexual poetry category.

 

 

Catherine