I am The Rage: A Black Poetry Collection (Celebrate Black Voices During National Poetry Month)
By: Martina McGowan
4.33
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
I am The Rage is a poetry collection that explores racial injustice from the raw, unfiltered viewpo…
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1. Vita Nova
By: Louise Glück
3.95
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature In Vita Nova , Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Louise Glück man… read more
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- poetry
- nonfiction
"be a brave dog - this is all material"-Louise Glück, Vita Nova
"His gaze touched me before his hands touched me."-Louise Glück, Vita Nova
"It was never focus that was missing, it was meaning."-Louise Glück, Vita Nova
"I had two desires: desire to be safe and desire to feel."-Louise Glück, Vita Nova
2. Disgruntled
By: Asali Solomon
3.65
Format: 285 pages, Hardcover
An elegant, vibrant, startling coming-of-age novel, for anyone who's ever felt the shame of being a… read more
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- race
- adult
- african american
- contemporary
3. Blue Iris: Poems and Essays
By: Mary Oliver
4.06
Format: None pages, Paperback
A rich collection of ten poems, two essays, and two dozen of Mary Oliver's classic works on flowers… read more
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- poetry
- adult
- nonfiction
4. Don't Call Us Dead: Poems
By: Danez Smith
3.97
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
The highly anticipated second collection by Danez Smith--"Hallelujah is an understatement" (Patrici… read more
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- poetry
- race
- nonfiction
- contemporary
- adult
5. Counting Descent
By: Clint Smith
4.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Clint Smith's debut poetry collection, Counting Descent, is a coming of age story that seeks to com… read more
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- poetry
- race
- nonfiction
- social justice
- african american
- anti racist
6. 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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- poetry
- adult
- nonfiction
- contemporary
7. Electric Arches
By: Eve L. Ewing
4.00
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
Electric Arches is an imaginative exploration of black girlhood and womanhood through poetry, visua… read more
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- poetry
- feminism
- race
- african american
8. The Hatred of Poetry
By: Ben Lerner
3.71
Format: 435 pages,
No art has been denounced as often as poetry. It's even bemoaned by poets: "I, too, dislike it," wr… read more
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9. House of Light
By: Mary Oliver
4.23
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
Winner of a 1991 Christopher Award Winner of the 1991 Boston GlobeLawrence L. Winship Book Award Th… read more
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10. Light For The World To See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope
By: Kwame Alexander
4.31
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
From NPR correspondent and New York Times bestselling author, Kwame Alexander, comes a powerful and… read more
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- poetry
- race
- adult
- nonfiction
- social justice
- african american
- anti racist
11. Black Girl You Are Atlas
By: Renée Watson
4.61
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson. In thi… read more
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- poetry
- race
- feminism
- contemporary
- african american
12. Black Girl, Call Home
By: Jasmine Mans
4.44
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
From spoken word poet Jasmine Mans comes an unforgettable poetry collection about race, feminism, a… read more
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- poetry
- race
- feminism
- adult
- nonfiction
- african american
"I know grace and mercy was raised by the same single mother."-Jasmine Mans, Black Girl, Call Home
"Are women labeled crazy when you feel like their rage outweighs the evidence of their pain?"-Jasmine Mans, Black Girl, Call Home
13. To Drink Coffee with a Ghost (Things that Haunt, #2)
By: Amanda Lovelace
4.02
Format: 160 pages, None
"You cannot have a funeral for your mother without also having a funeral for yourself." This book … read more
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- poetry
- feminism
- nonfiction
- contemporary
- adult
"some things don’t come alive until we believe in them with our whole hearts."-Amanda Lovelace, To Drink Coffee with a Ghost (Things that Haunt, #2)
"what do we do with all the things we need to say to someone we’ll never see again? - maybe that’s why i write."-Amanda Lovelace, To Drink Coffee with a Ghost (Things that Haunt, #2)
"I wish I had known I was never going to see you again because I would have spent more time clinging to the good we did have instead of clinging to the bad I couldn't change."-Amanda Lovelace, To Drink Coffee with a Ghost (Things that Haunt, #2)
"lately, it seems like everywhere I look, I only find daughters haunted by something their mothers did to them. we tell each other that we could raise our daughters differently. we do this while wonde…"-Amanda Lovelace, To Drink Coffee with a Ghost (Things that Haunt, #2)
14. 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
- race
- feminism
- nonfiction
- contemporary
- adult
"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
15. Helium (Button Poetry)
By: Rudy Francisco
4.29
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
2018 Goodreads Choice Awards - Best Poetry Book Finalist Helium is the debut poetry collection by … read more
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- poetry
- race
- adult
- nonfiction
- contemporary
- african american
"The word “repurpose"-Rudy Francisco, Helium (Button Poetry)
"I held you the way a boat holds water."-Rudy Francisco, Helium (Button Poetry)
"Loving you was the last thing I felt really good at."-Rudy Francisco, Helium (Button Poetry)
"you wouldn't let me love both of us at the same time"-Rudy Francisco, Helium (Button Poetry)
16. Above Ground
By: Clint Smith
4.56
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
A remarkable poetry collection with "inextinguishable generosity and abundant wisdom" (Monica Youn)… read more
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- poetry
- race
- politics
- adult
- nonfiction
- contemporary
- african american
17. 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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- poetry
- feminism
- adult
- nonfiction
"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)
18. How to Fly in Ten Thousand Easy Lessons
By: Barbara Kingsolver
3.86
Format: 111 pages, Hardcover
In this intimate collection, the beloved author of The Poisonwood Bible and more than a dozen other… read more
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- poetry
- adult
- nonfiction
- contemporary
"Tiptoe past the dogs of the apocalypse asleep in the shade of your future. Pay at the window. You’ll be surprised: you can pass off hope like a bad check. You still have time, that’s the thing. To ma…"-Barbara Kingsolver, How to Fly in Ten Thousand Easy Lessons
19. Space Struck
By: Paige Lewis
4.07
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
Consider this glowing debut from Paige Lewis a menagerie of near-extinction. Space Struck explores … read more
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- poetry
- adult
- nonfiction
"A miracle is anything that God forgot to forbid."-Paige Lewis, Space Struck
"On this planet, you have to be useful to be kept around"-Paige Lewis, Space Struck
"I’m the vice president of panic, and the president is missing."-Paige Lewis, Space Struck
"I might ask you one day to go camping, and if you have the desire to dance."-Paige Lewis, Space Struck
20. Serenity: Poems
By: F.S. Yousaf
3.76
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Soft spoken yet powerful, Serenity perfectly captures the constant battle of fear and courage that … read more
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- poetry
- contemporary
21. 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
- adult
- nonfiction
- contemporary
"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)
22. Girl Made of Glass
By: Shelby Leigh
3.98
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
If you think often about the past or battle with overthinking and self-esteem, girl made of glass i… read more
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- poetry
- nonfiction
23. The Undressing: Poems
By: Li-Young Lee
3.76
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
Celebrated poet Li-Young Lee returns with a breathtaking new volume about the violence of desire an… read more
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- poetry
- nonfiction
"I saw your eyes before I had eyes to see. And I've lived longing for your every look ever since. The longing entered time as this body. And the longing grew as this body wanes. That longing will outl…"-Li-Young Lee, The Undressing: Poems
"We see by the light of who we are. Look at us: You inside me inside you. We've lived inside each other from the beginning. Before the world was ever found. Before the world was found, I say, I dwelle…"-Li-Young Lee, The Undressing: Poems
"And of all the things on my mind this evening, words weigh the least, Death weighs the most, and your voice's body beneath my voice's moving hand is a green agent of freedom and order, best friend to…"-Li-Young Lee, The Undressing: Poems
24. Water I Won't Touch
By: Kayleb Rae Candrilli
4.39
Format: None pages, Paperback
Both radically tender and desperate for change, Water I Won’t Touch is a life raft and a self-portr… read more
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- poetry
- adult
25. How to Cure a Ghost: Poems
By: Fariha Róisín
3.58
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A poetry compilation recounting a woman’s journey from self-loathing to self-acceptance, confusion … read more
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- poetry
- race
- feminism
- nonfiction
- contemporary
- adult
26. Chlorine Sky
By: Mahogany L. Browne
3.82
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A novel-in-verse about a young girl coming-of-age and stepping out of the shadow of her former best… read more
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- poetry
- african american
- contemporary
"Everybody wants to be a hero But most of us are just misunderstood villains"-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky
"A friend is someone seeing you And hearing you Without you having to say Everything Every time"-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky
"When you live where we live You say what it is & if you can't say what it is Or if it hurt too much, Or maybe it's too confusing You just say "whatever" That way you ain't no lie"-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky
"When I was younger I thought I had superpowers Thought if I sat real still and stared at a book No one would be able to see me I got so good at it I forgot that I’m the only one playing the game Sit …"-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky
27. I am The Rage: A Black Poetry Collection (Celebrate Black Voices During National Poetry Month)
By: Martina McGowan
4.33
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
I am The Rage is a poetry collection that explores racial injustice from the raw, unfiltered viewpo… read more
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- poetry
- race
- feminism
- politics
- adult
- nonfiction
- social justice
- contemporary
- african american
- anti racist
28. Twenty-Ninth Year
By: Hala Alyan
3.91
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
In Islamic and Western tradition, age twenty-nine is a milestone, a year of transformation and uphe… read more
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- poetry
- feminism
- adult
- nonfiction
"We inherit everything. Especially questions."-Hala Alyan, Twenty-Ninth Year
"there’s always a dark darker than the dark you know"-Hala Alyan, Twenty-Ninth Year
"I just loved the idea of a place so old it only knew how to tell the truth."-Hala Alyan, Twenty-Ninth Year
"In the city bombs peck the streets into a braille that we pretend we cannot read."-Hala Alyan, Twenty-Ninth Year
29. We Want Our Bodies Back: Poems
By: Jessica Care Moore
4.29
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A dazzling full-length collection of verse from one of the leading poets of our time.Over the past … read more
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- poetry
- race
- feminism
- nonfiction
- social justice
- african american
30. I'm Telling the Truth, but I'm Lying: Essays
By: Bassey Ikpi
4.31
Format: 257 pages, Paperback
A deeply personal collection of essays exploring Nigerian-American author Bassey Ikpi’s experiences… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
"Yoga was still terrible, like a game of Simon Says with no winner."-Bassey Ikpi, I'm Telling the Truth, but I'm Lying: Essays
"Ha, ha, ha. You will laugh to make sure the bitterness doesn’t escape and burn your throat on its way out."-Bassey Ikpi, I'm Telling the Truth, but I'm Lying: Essays
"The restlessness has begun, like a low hum in my belly. It follows me through my days. I am sleepless nights. The comfort found only in quiet."-Bassey Ikpi, I'm Telling the Truth, but I'm Lying: Essays
"It makes you feel unfinished, like in your family's eyes you will never be completely whole. And in your eyes, you have never been completely whole."-Bassey Ikpi, I'm Telling the Truth, but I'm Lying: Essays
31. My Darling from the Lions
By: Rachel Long
3.78
Format: None pages, None
Described as a narrative collection in three parts, My Darling from the Lions “threads experiences … read more
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- poetry
- feminism
- race
- adult
