Dead Dad Jokes (Button Poetry)
By: Ollie Schminkey
4.26
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Dead Dad Jokes is an unflinching take on family, loss and trauma. There is nothing quiet about Schm…
Want to Read $ 13.85"when i spell grief, i can never remember if the i or e comes first, so i spend each day autocorrecting my greif, my grief, greif, grief, greif, until i can finally figure out what the fuck it is i’m trying to say."-Ollie Schminkey, Dead Dad Jokes (Button Poetry)
"i see an old man using a walker on the sidewalk, and my stomach aches for those 30 years my dad never got. if i die at the same age as my dad, my life is almost half up. i imagine him sitting at a party, his arm around my pregnant mother. did he know then? could he feel his years stumble their way out of his body? could he feel his life folding in half?"-Ollie Schminkey, Dead Dad Jokes (Button Poetry)
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1. Depression & Other Magic Tricks
By: Sabrina Benaim
4.27
Format: 359 pages,
Depression & Other Magic Tricksis the debut book by Sabrina Benaim, one of the most-viewed performa… read more
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2. Our Numbered Days
By: Neil Hilborn
4.24
Format: 212 pages,
In 2013, Neil Hilborn's performance of his poem "OCD" went viral. To date, it has been watched over… read more
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3. Bestiary: Poems
By: Donika Kelly
3.73
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
Across this remarkable first book are encounters with animals, legendary beasts, and mythological m… read more
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4. For Every One
By: Jason Reynolds
4.30
Format: 102 pages, Hardcover
Originally performed at the Kennedy Center for the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial… read more
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"Dreams don't have timelines, deadlines, and aren't always in straight lines."-Jason Reynolds, For Every One
"When it comes to my dream, the way I like to describe it is that it's a rabid beast that found me when I was young"-Jason Reynolds, For Every One
"The truth is, finding that beast may or may not happen. But the treasures I've discovered under the heavy stones and behind the massive trees and deep in the dark caves have created the hunter and th…"-Jason Reynolds, For Every One
"One thing I am now certain of is that this road less traveled has in fact been traveled by far more suckers than you think. All of us out here, slumped over wearing weird fake broken smiles, trying t…"-Jason Reynolds, For Every One
5. Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 7
By: James Tynion IV
4.28
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
The final chapter of the Tribulation saga and the decisive showdown between Erica Slaughter and Cut… read more
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6. 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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"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
7. I Do Everything I'm Told
By: Megan Fernandes
4.17
Format: 104 pages, Paperback
Restless, contradictory, and witty, Megan Fernandes’ I Do Everything I’m Told explores disobedience… read more
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8. Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)
By: Andrea Gibson
4.43
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
In Andrea Gibson's latest collection, they continue their artful and nuanced looks at gender, roman… read more
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"There will be music for you one day."-Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)
"My "yes" never fit into the "no" of this world."-Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)
"Come tender as the trees forgiving the books for asking to be made."-Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)
"It isn't that you don't like boys. It's that you only like boys you want to be"-Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)
9. Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency
By: Chen Chen
4.15
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
What happens when everything falls away, when those you call on in times of need are themselves cal… read more
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"If we could communicate fully, there would be no need to communicate. If we could love perfectly, there would be no need to love. If we could finish grieving, there would be no need to live. If we co…"-Chen Chen, Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency
"You climb back in bed & touch my face. You climb back in bed to touch my face. You wrap your arms around me & it’s like you’re the patron saint if touch as well as soft sunlight & soothed dogs. Or yo…"-Chen Chen, Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency
10. You Better Be Lightning
By: Andrea Gibson
4.63
Format: 115 pages, Paperback
You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson is a queer, political, and feminist collection guided by s… read more
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"Good Grief Let your heart break so your spirit doesn't."-Andrea Gibson, You Better Be Lightning
"I will refuse to call it heaven if the people I love (who put me through hell) aren't there."-Andrea Gibson, You Better Be Lightning
11. I'll Fly Away (Button Poetry)
By: Rudy Francisco
4.31
Format: 124 pages, Paperback
In his stunningly intimate, highly anticipated follow up to Helium, Rudy Fransico has created a col… read more
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- poetry
- nonfiction
"Speak because your voice is currency, and their comfort isn't worth your silence."-Rudy Francisco, I'll Fly Away (Button Poetry)
"Yes, I'm fine; yes, I'm always fine. No, I'm not just saying that so you'll leave me alone."-Rudy Francisco, I'll Fly Away (Button Poetry)
"Most of what I know I've learned from falling, from placing the brighter side of my hands against the earth and pressing until vertical. The ground has taught me more about flight than the sky ever c…"-Rudy Francisco, I'll Fly Away (Button Poetry)
12. Swallowtail (Button Poetry)
By: Brenna Twohy
4.33
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Swallowtail: A deep dive into the dissection of popular culture, and how the brightness and horrors… read more
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"Peach pits are poisonous. This is not a mistake. Girlhood is growing fruit around cyanide. It will never be your for swallowing."-Brenna Twohy, Swallowtail (Button Poetry)
13. Dead Dad Jokes (Button Poetry)
By: Ollie Schminkey
4.26
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Dead Dad Jokes is an unflinching take on family, loss and trauma. There is nothing quiet about Schm… read more
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- poetry
- lgbt
- psychology
- death
- nonfiction
- queer
"when i spell grief, i can never remember if the i or e comes first, so i spend each day autocorrecting my greif, my grief, greif, grief, greif, until i can finally figure out what the fuck it is i’m …"-Ollie Schminkey, Dead Dad Jokes (Button Poetry)
"i see an old man using a walker on the sidewalk, and my stomach aches for those 30 years my dad never got. if i die at the same age as my dad, my life is almost half up. i imagine him sitting at a pa…"-Ollie Schminkey, Dead Dad Jokes (Button Poetry)
14. Born in a Second Language
By: Akosua Zimba Afiriyie-Hwedie
4.04
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
Born in a Second Language troubles the spectrum between silence (or the limitations of the mouth) a… read more
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15. Nothing Is Okay
By: Rachel Wiley
4.16
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Nothing is Okay is the second full-length collection by Rachel Wiley, whose work simultaneously dec… read more
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16. Butcher
By: Natasha T. Miller
4.16
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Butcher is a book about love & loss — about being unapologetic and transparent in grief. Natasha… read more
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17. A Socially Acceptable Breakdown
By: Patrick Roche
4.26
Format: 83 pages, Paperback
A Socially Acceptable Breakdown is a poetry collection that explores themes of family, queerness, m… read more
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18. Please Come Off-Book (Button Poetry)
By: Kevin Kantor
4.31
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Please Come Off-Book queers the theatrical canon we all grew up with. Kantor critiques the treatmen… read more
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"So glory to the queers who live to see the credits roll"-Kevin Kantor, Please Come Off-Book (Button Poetry)
19. Dear Azula, I Have a Crush on Danny Phantom (Button Poetry)
By: Azura Tyabji
3.82
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
Dear Azula, I Have a Crush on Danny Phantom is a crossover of our coming of age universes. Explorin… read more
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20. Afterwards: Poems (Button Poetry)
By: Reagan Myers
4.22
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Afterwards is a book about the things that come after trauma. It encompasses the different kinds of… read more
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21. Birthright
By: George Abraham
4.55
Format: 127 pages, Paperback
Birthright is a book that balances the weight of place. The pride and shame and worth of homeland. … read more
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