5 must-read indigenous books like Poukahangatus: Poems by Tayi Tibble

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Poukahangatus: Poems

By: Tayi Tibble

4.09

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

The American debut of an acclaimed young poet as she explores her identity as a twenty-first-centur…

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1. Return to the Isle of the Lost (Descendants, #2)

By: Melissa de la Cruz

3.98

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

There's no place like home. Especially if home is the infamous Isle of the Lost. Mal, Evie, Carlos,… read more

Similar categories in Melissa de la Cruz's Return to the Isle of the Lost (Descendants, #2) book and Tayi Tibble's Poukahangatus: Poems

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2. She Kills Monsters

By: Qui Nguyen

0.00

Format: 287 pages, Paperback

A comedic romp into the world of fantasy role-playing games, " She Kills Monsters " tells the story… read more

Similar categories in Qui Nguyen's She Kills Monsters book and Tayi Tibble's Poukahangatus: Poems

  • lgbt
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3. A Day with Wilbur Robinson

By: William Joyce

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

No need to knock, just step right in. You're just in time to two-step with Grandfather Robinson and… read more

Similar categories in William Joyce's A Day with Wilbur Robinson book and Tayi Tibble's Poukahangatus: Poems

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4. The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On

By: Franny Choi

3.99

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed poet Franny Choi comes a poetry collection for the ends of worlds--past, present, an… read more

Similar categories in Franny Choi's The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On book and Tayi Tibble's Poukahangatus: Poems

  • audiobook
  • poetry
  • race
  • lgbt
  • adult
  • queer
"I have last year's ashes in my throat, stories stuffed so full of morals they bleed sugar."

-Franny Choi, The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On

"How can I explain the things and things and things I did wrong? I was never any good at telling the difference between what wanted me and what wanted me gone"

-Franny Choi, The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On

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5. Girls That Never Die: Poems

By: Safia Elhillo

4.30

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Intimate poems that explore feminine shame and violence and imagine what liberation from these thre… read more

Similar categories in Safia Elhillo's Girls That Never Die: Poems book and Tayi Tibble's Poukahangatus: Poems

  • poetry
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I will begin by writing a sentence about cutting. I will begin by writing a sentence about silence. I will continue by writing a sentence about cutting. I will proceed to ask the question about cutti…"

-Safia Elhillo, Girls That Never Die: Poems

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6. All the Flowers Kneeling (Penguin Poets)

By: Paul Tran

3.87

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

A profound meditation on physical, emotional, and psychological transformation in the aftermath of … read more

Similar categories in Paul Tran's All the Flowers Kneeling (Penguin Poets) book and Tayi Tibble's Poukahangatus: Poems

  • audiobook
  • poetry
  • race
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"There is no truth. Only a version. Aversion. A verge. A vengeance."

-Paul Tran, All the Flowers Kneeling (Penguin Poets)

"I see not stars but their light reaching across the distance between us."

-Paul Tran, All the Flowers Kneeling (Penguin Poets)

"I, after so much isolation, so much indifference, kept going even if going meant only waiting, hovering in place. So far below, so far away from the rest of life...."

-Paul Tran, All the Flowers Kneeling (Penguin Poets)

"...an actualized poem requires the actualization, or radical transformation, of the poet - that a poem is the discovery and enactment of an emotional and psychological investigation into the vexed in…"

-Paul Tran, All the Flowers Kneeling (Penguin Poets)

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7. Golden Ax (Penguin Poets)

By: Rio Cortez

4.02

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

From a visionary writer praised for her captivating work on Black history and experience, comes a p… read more

Similar categories in Rio Cortez's Golden Ax (Penguin Poets) book and Tayi Tibble's Poukahangatus: Poems

  • poetry
  • race
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. How to Loiter in a Turf War

By: Coco Solid

4.23

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A genre-bending work of autobiographical fiction from one of Aotearoa’s fiercest and most versatile… read more

Similar categories in Coco Solid's How to Loiter in a Turf War book and Tayi Tibble's Poukahangatus: Poems

  • poetry
  • queer
  • lgbt
  • indigenous
  • audiobook
"She gives him a hurled brick wrapped up in a smile"

-Coco Solid, How to Loiter in a Turf War

"Māoridom in Aotearoa dictates that we generate prestige from manaakitanga. It is the connection and hospitality we express for those in our care but also to show all that they are our equal, they too…"

-Coco Solid, How to Loiter in a Turf War

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9. Of Beasts and Vengeance (Twisted Pages, #2)

By: Elle Madison

4.21

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

Zaina thought she could run from her secrets, but they have finally caught up to her. She’s willin… read more

Similar categories in Elle Madison's Of Beasts and Vengeance (Twisted Pages, #2) book and Tayi Tibble's Poukahangatus: Poems

  • audiobook
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10. Rose Quartz: Poems

By: Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

4.17

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

A wild, seductive debut collection that presents a powerful journey of struggle and healing—and a s… read more

Similar categories in Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe's Rose Quartz: Poems book and Tayi Tibble's Poukahangatus: Poems

  • poetry
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • indigenous
"keep this / with you / it is part / of your story / sometimes / to remember / a wound / is the way / of healing"

-Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe, Rose Quartz: Poems

"How is it I have never dated / someone who is also Coast Salish / or at least Indigenous / instead it's Disney's Pocahontas / her animated dad with his hands up / these white men are dangerous / and …"

-Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe, Rose Quartz: Poems

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11. Thunder Song: Essays

By: Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

4.45

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The winner of the 2023 Pacific Northwest Book Award for her memoir, Red Paint , Sasha taqʷšəblu LaP… read more

Similar categories in Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe's Thunder Song: Essays book and Tayi Tibble's Poukahangatus: Poems

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • indigenous
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
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12. Goodbye Christopher Robin: A. A. Milne and the Making of Winnie-the-Pooh

By: Ann Thwaite

3.40

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

Goodbye Christopher Robin: A.A. Milne and the Making of Winnie-the-Pooh is drawn from Ann Thwaite’s… read more

Similar categories in Ann Thwaite's Goodbye Christopher Robin: A. A. Milne and the Making of Winnie-the-Pooh book and Tayi Tibble's Poukahangatus: Poems

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Poukahangatus: Poems

By: Tayi Tibble

4.09

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

The American debut of an acclaimed young poet as she explores her identity as a twenty-first-centur… read more

Similar categories in Tayi Tibble's Poukahangatus: Poems book and Tayi Tibble's Poukahangatus: Poems

  • audiobook
  • poetry
  • race
  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • indigenous
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • mythology
  • queer
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14. The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

By: Hala Alyan

4.22

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

From the author of The Arsonists’ City and The Twenty-Ninth Year, a new collection of poetry that t… read more

Similar categories in Hala Alyan's The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems book and Tayi Tibble's Poukahangatus: Poems

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"My favorite house is my mother."

-Hala Alyan, The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

"I don’t have time to write about the soul. There are bodies to count. There’s a man wearing his wedding tuxedo to sleep in case I meet God and there’s a brick of light before each bombing."

-Hala Alyan, The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

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15. 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem

By: Nam Le

4.05

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

An explosive, devastating debut book of poetry from the acclaimed author of The Boat In his first … read more

Similar categories in Nam Le's 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem book and Tayi Tibble's Poukahangatus: Poems

  • poetry
  • race
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16. With My Back to the World: Poems

By: Victoria Chang

4.08

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

*A Today Show Pick *Roxane Gay Audacious Book Club Selection *Publisher's Weekly Starred Review a… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Chang's With My Back to the World: Poems book and Tayi Tibble's Poukahangatus: Poems

  • poetry
  • feminism
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17. Frozen 2: Dangerous Secrets: The Story of Iduna and Agnarr

By: Mari Mancusi

4.39

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Sixteen-year-old Iduna harbors a dark secret. On the surface, she is an Arendellian village girl, a… read more

Similar categories in Mari Mancusi's Frozen 2: Dangerous Secrets: The Story of Iduna and Agnarr book and Tayi Tibble's Poukahangatus: Poems

  • audiobook
"Self-employed - which was even better. After all, I had the best boss in the world. Even if she was a bit of a Tyrant (Iduna)"

-Mari Mancusi, Frozen 2: Dangerous Secrets: The Story of Iduna and Agnarr

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18. Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Go to School (Two Dogs in a Trench Coat, #1)

By: Julie Falatko

3.70

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From Book 1: A New York Public Library Best Book for 2018 Sassy and Waldo are good dogs. They spend… read more

Similar categories in Julie Falatko's Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Go to School (Two Dogs in a Trench Coat, #1) book and Tayi Tibble's Poukahangatus: Poems

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19. How to Be a Good Savage and Other Poems (Seedbank)

By: Mikeas Sánchez

4.21

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The latest in the Seedbank series, the debut in English of a groundbreaking Indigenous poet of the … read more

Similar categories in Mikeas Sánchez's How to Be a Good Savage and Other Poems (Seedbank) book and Tayi Tibble's Poukahangatus: Poems

  • poetry
  • feminism
  • indigenous
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. All That We Know

By: Shilo Kino

4.61

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

'I don't want to be a pioneer. I want to be the last; to enjoy the fruits of everyone else's hard l… read more

Similar categories in Shilo Kino's All That We Know book and Tayi Tibble's Poukahangatus: Poems

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21. The Enchanted Life of Valentina Mejía

By: Alexandra Alessandri

4.09

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

“An exceptionally well-crafted story brimming with mythological creatures, captivating characters, … read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Alessandri's The Enchanted Life of Valentina Mejía book and Tayi Tibble's Poukahangatus: Poems

  • mythology

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4.30

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3.87

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4.02

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4.06

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