Catrachos: Poems
By: Roy G. Guzmán
4.27
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
The breathtaking debut collection from one of America’s most inventive new poetsA name for the peop…
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1. An Autobiography
By: Angela Y. Davis
4.44
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Her own powerful story up to 1972, told with warmth, brilliance, humor and conviction. With an intr… read more
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- social justice
"I sank deep into the moment, husbanding this delight, hoarding it. For I knew it would be short-lived. Work. Struggle. Confrontation lay before us like a rock-strewn road. We would walk it ... But fi…"-Angela Y. Davis, An Autobiography
"This Booker T. Washington syndrome permeated every aspect of the education I received in Birmingham. Work hard and you will be rewarded. A corollary of this principle was that the road would be harde…"-Angela Y. Davis, An Autobiography
2. Sharks in the Rivers
By: Ada Limon
3.95
Format: 269 pages, Paperback
The speaker in this extraordinary collection finds herself multiply dislocated: from her childhood … read more
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- poetry
3. The Crown Ain't Worth Much
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
3.69
Format: 192 pages,
The Crown Ain t Worth Much, Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib s first full-length collection, is a sharp and … read more
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- poetry
4. Dancing in Odessa
By: Ilya Kaminsky
3.50
Format: 560 pages, Paperback
Poetry. Winner of the 2002 Dorset Prize, and recipient of the Ruth Lilly Fellowship, Ilya Kaminsky … read more
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5. Ossuaries
By: Dionne Brand
3.79
Format: None pages, Paperback
Dionne Brand's hypnotic, urgent long poem - her first book of poetry in four years, is about the bo… read more
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- poetry
- queer
- lgbt
6. Crush
By: Richard Siken
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
Richard Siken's Crush, selected as the 2004 winner of the Yale Younger Poets prize, is a powerful c… read more
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- poetry
- queer
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7. Come, Thief
By: Jane Hirshfield
4.10
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
A revelatory, indispensable collection of poems from Jane Hirshfield that centers on beauty, time, … read more
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- poetry
8. The Invention of Morel
By: Jorge Luis Borges , Suzanne Jill Levine , Adolfo Bioy Casares , Norah Borges de Torre , Ruth L.C. Simms
4.00
Format: 103 pages, Paperback
Jorge Luis Borges declared The Invention of Morel a masterpiece of plotting, comparable to The Turn… read more
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"So I was dead! The thought delighted me."-Jorge Luis Borges, The Invention of Morel
"The sea is endless when you are in a rowboat."-Jorge Luis Borges, The Invention of Morel
"To be sure, nothing created by man is perfect."-Jorge Luis Borges, The Invention of Morel
"It is frightening to accept so much good fortune!"-Jorge Luis Borges, The Invention of Morel
9. Book of My Nights
By: Li-Young Lee
3.27
Format: None pages, Paperback
Book of My Nightsis the first poetry collection in ten years by one of the world's most acclaimed y… read more
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10. Red Bird
By: Mary Oliver
2.83
Format: 212 pages, Hardcover
Red bird came all winter / firing up the landscape / as nothing else could. So begins Mary Oliver's… read more
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11. Shubeik Lubeik
By: Deena Mohamed
4.50
Format: 528 pages, ebook
A brilliant and imaginative debut graphic novel that brings to life a fantastical Cairo where wishe… read more
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12. Deaf Republic
By: Ilya Kaminsky
4.40
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Ilya Kaminsky's astonishing parable in poems asks us, What is silence?Deaf Republic opens in an occ… read more
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- poetry
"A man should smell better than his country"-Ilya Kaminsky, Deaf Republic
"At the trial of God, we will ask: why did you allow all this? And the answer will be an echo: why did you allow all this?"-Ilya Kaminsky, Deaf Republic
"I do not hear gunshots, but watch birds splash over the backyards of the suburbs. How bright is the sky as the avenue spins on its axis. How bright is the sky (forgive me) how bright."-Ilya Kaminsky, Deaf Republic
13. No Gods, No Monsters (Convergence Saga, #1)
By: Cadwell Turnbull
3.45
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
One October morning, Laina gets the news that her brother has been shot and killed by Boston cops. … read more
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- queer
- lgbt
14. Jawbone
By: Mónica Ojeda
3.71
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Fernanda and Annelise are so close they are practically sisters: a double image, inseparable. So ho… read more
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- lgbt
"Una bala que sale y luego regresa para darte en el corazón: eso es una hija."-Mónica Ojeda, Jawbone
" A veces me gusta imaginar que el universo es el cadáver de Dios descomponiéndose , le dijo Annelise durante una tarde de clases extra. Imagine, Miss Clara, que fuéramos solo eso: la enorme y flotant…"-Mónica Ojeda, Jawbone
15. The Tradition
By: Jericho Brown
4.24
Format: 77 pages, Paperback
Jericho Brown’s daring new book The Tradition details the normalization of evil and its history at … read more
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- queer
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"The opposite of rape is understanding."-Jericho Brown, The Tradition
"Nobody in this nation feels safe, and I'm still a reason why."-Jericho Brown, The Tradition
"There is the happiness you have And the happiness you deserve."-Jericho Brown, The Tradition
"We few left who listen to the radio leave Ourselves available to surprise."-Jericho Brown, The Tradition
16. If They Come for Us
By: Fatimah Asghar
4.24
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
Poet and co-creator of the Emmy-nominated web series "Brown Girls" captures the experience of being… read more
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- poetry
- queer
- lgbt
"Do all survivors carry villian inside them?"-Fatimah Asghar, If They Come for Us
"I didn't know I need to worry about them until they were gone."-Fatimah Asghar, If They Come for Us
"Every year I manage to live on this earth I collect more questions than answers."-Fatimah Asghar, If They Come for Us
"Every year I managed to live on this earth I collect more questions than answers."-Fatimah Asghar, If They Come for Us
17. Blackouts
By: Justin Torres
3.77
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of We the Animals, Blackouts mines lost histories--personal and collect… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
18. Alive At The End Of The World
By: Saeed Jones
4.35
Format: 104 pages, Paperback
Pierced by grief and charged with history, this new poetry collection from the award-winning author… read more
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- queer
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"The end of the world was mistaken for just another midday massacre in America."-Saeed Jones, Alive At The End Of The World
"I wish I knew a woman who was both the light and every shadow the light pierces."-Saeed Jones, Alive At The End Of The World
"I'm most dangerous when I'm hungry. I'm most hungry when I'm hurting. Seems like I'm always hurting."-Saeed Jones, Alive At The End Of The World
"A few months and many deaths ago, I asked someone "how are you doing" and felt, in the way her eye fell, how I had failed her before I had even reached the end of my question. I've hurt many people b…"-Saeed Jones, Alive At The End Of The World
19. On Juneteenth
By: Annette Gordon-Reed
4.18
Format: 148 pages, Hardcover
Weaving together American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, Annet… read more
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"History is always being revised, as new information, comes to light and when different people see known documents and have their own responses to them, shaped by their individual experiences."-Annette Gordon-Reed, On Juneteenth
"Origin stories matter, for individuals, groups of people, and for nations. They inform our sense of self; telling us what kind of people we believe we are, what kind of nation we believe in. They usu…"-Annette Gordon-Reed, On Juneteenth
"Why would White Texans be more obstreperous than other White southerners? It has been suggested that this was because, unlike other Southern states, Texas had not been defeated militarily. They had w…"-Annette Gordon-Reed, On Juneteenth
20. Love and Other Poems
By: Alex Dimitrov
4.10
Format: 116 pages, Paperback
Alex Dimitrov’s third book, Love and Other Poems, is full of praise for the world we live in. Takin… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
21. Customs: Poems
By: Solmaz Sharif
4.21
Format: 86 pages, Paperback
In Customs , Solmaz Sharif examines what it means to exist in the nowhere of the arrivals terminal,… read more
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- the united states of america
22. How We Fight For Our Lives
By: Saeed Jones
4.28
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir … read more
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- queer
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"Some songs take women places men cannot follow."-Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives
"Everyone has a lie we’re quietly waiting to believe."-Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives
"I will say for myself: America, I did the best I could with what I was given."-Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives
"The only thing worse than being a disaster is being a disaster with a witness."-Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives
23. When We Were Birds
By: Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
3.79
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
A mythic love story set in Trinidad and Tobago, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo's radiant debut introduces two u… read more
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"You feeling the thing that in my mother, and her mother and hers, calling to the thing that is you, and in your daughter (...), and in her daughter and hers."-Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, When We Were Birds
"When the last feather has gone, and your woman body has grown full, remember that you remain a bird inside. You have not forgotten how to fly. For what is more woman than holding death and life, sky …"-Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, When We Were Birds
24. Catrachos: Poems
By: Roy G. Guzmán
4.27
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
The breathtaking debut collection from one of America’s most inventive new poetsA name for the peop… read more
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- lgbt
- the united states of america
- latino
- social justice
- queer
25. Life of the Party
By: Olivia Gatwood
4.19
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
A dazzling debut collection of raw and explosive poems about growing up in a sexist, sensationalize… read more
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- poetry
- queer
- lgbt
"Some things are more a feeling than they are a memory."-Olivia Gatwood, Life of the Party
"The truth is: It is a privilege to have your body looked for."-Olivia Gatwood, Life of the Party
"You must know the width of the knife and how it ruined you, name the organs it kissed."-Olivia Gatwood, Life of the Party
"I want to know what it means to survive something. does it just mean I get to keep my body?"-Olivia Gatwood, Life of the Party
26. Tierra fresca de su tumba
By: Giovanna Rivero
3.86
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Los extraños y maravillosos cuentos de Tierra Fresca de su Tumba nos arrojan a lugares desconocidos… read more
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"Nuestra casa era una prodigiosa zarza ardiente que lamía los troncos de los árboles y avanzaba como una legión por el huerto. Supe que el sonido de esa crepitación descomunal era el de todos los esqu…"-Giovanna Rivero, Tierra fresca de su tumba
27. Blood Orange
By: Yaffa As
4.60
Format: 66 pages, Paperback
"Blood Orange" is a highly emotional, important and timely poetry collection by Mx. Yaffa (They/She… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
"you've drawn every line there could be while we wait for a circle"-Yaffa As, Blood Orange
"we know it ends in flame because those with power were never taught to relinquish / we wait for them to / we forget you can't give up what wasn't yours to begin with"-Yaffa As, Blood Orange
28. A Film in Which I Play Everyone: Poems
By: Mary Jo Bang
3.80
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
A Film in Which I Play Everyone takes its title from a response David Bowie gave to a fan who asked… read more
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29. The Symmetry of Fish (Penguin Poets)
By: Su Cho
3.83
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
From National Poetry Series winner Su Cho, chosen by Paige Lewis, a debut poetry collection about i… read more
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30. Monkey Beach
By: Eden Robinson
4.04
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
“ Monkey Beach creates a vivid contemporary landscape that draws the reader deep into a traditional… read more
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"Six crows sit in our greengage tree. Half awake, I hear them speak to me in Haisla."-Eden Robinson, Monkey Beach
"As I drove away, I felt deeply comforted knowing that magical things were still living in the world."-Eden Robinson, Monkey Beach
"You honkies want women to be like cookies, all sweet and dainty and easy to eat. But I'm fry bread, you bitch, and I'm proud of it."-Eden Robinson, Monkey Beach
"We are apart so that I will know the joy of being with you again. Take care of yourself, wherever you are. Take care of yourself, wherever you are."-Eden Robinson, Monkey Beach
31. Salt Crystals
By: Cristina Bendek
3.46
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Returning to the island of San Andrés, in the Caribbean Sea, after many years living in Mexico, for… read more
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