8 must-read nonfiction books like The Diaspora Sonnets by Oliver de la Paz

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The Diaspora Sonnets

By: Oliver de la Paz

3.94

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY For fans of Diane Seuss and Victoria Chan…

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1. Short Talks

By: Anne Carson

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Poetry. In Anne Carson's SHORT TALKS the reader is bombarded with short prose poems that resound wi… read more

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  • poetry
  • nonfiction

2. Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika

By: Tony Kushner

3.80

Format: 144 pages,

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3. The Best American Short Stories 2022

By: Andrew Sean Greer

3.67

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A collection of the year’s best short stories, selected by Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer … read more

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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

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  • poetry
"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. From From: Poems

By: Monica Youn

4.18

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

A major achievement by Monica Youn, “one of the most consistently innovative poets working today” (… read more

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  • poetry
  • nonfiction
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6. His Name was Death

By: Rafael Bernal

4.10

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

A bitter drunk forsakes civilization and takes to the Mexican jungle, trapping animals, selling the… read more

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7. The Lies of the Ajungo (Forever Desert, #1)

By: Moses Ose Utomi

4.21

Format: 87 pages, Hardcover

Moses Ose Utomi's debut novella, The Lies of the Ajungo, follows one boy’s epic quest to bring wate… read more

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8. Of Cattle and Men

By: Ana Paula Maia

3.97

Format: 99 pages, Paperback

Animals go mad and men die (accidentally and not) at a slaughterhouse in an impoverished, isolated … read more

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"Senhor Milo knows cattlemen, he's cut from the same cloth. No one goes unpunished. They're men of cattle and blood."

-Ana Paula Maia, Of Cattle and Men

"Two enclosures, one for cattle and one for men, standing side by side. Sometimes the smell is familiar. Only the voices on one side and the mooing on the other distinguish the men from the ruminants."

-Ana Paula Maia, Of Cattle and Men

"Edgar picks up the mallet. The steer comes up close to him. Edgar looks into the animal's eyes and caresses its forehead. The cow stomps one hoof, wags its tail and snorts. Edgar shushes the animal a…"

-Ana Paula Maia, Of Cattle and Men

"For a few moments, Edgar Wilson yields to the late afternoon sun that has not yet fully set, but that is rushing headlong into a moonless, starless night. He knows how to listen in silence, even when…"

-Ana Paula Maia, Of Cattle and Men

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9. Grand Tour: Poems

By: Elisa Gonzalez

3.92

Format: 86 pages, Kindle Edition

Grand Tour, the debut collection of poetry by Elisa Gonzalez, dramatizes the mind in motion as it g… read more

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  • poetry
  • nonfiction
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10. The Border Simulator: Poems

By: Gabriel Dozal

4.15

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A world-bending, lyrically rich poetry collection that reimagines the U.S.-Mexico border as both a … read more

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  • poetry
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11. I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times

By: Taylor Byas

4.37

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times takes its inspiration and concept from the cult classic film Th… read more

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  • poetry
  • nonfiction
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12. Like Love: Essays and Conversations

By: Maggie Nelson

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A career-spanning collection of inspiring, revelrous essays about art and artists Like Love is a… read more

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  • nonfiction
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13. 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

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  • poetry
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14. The Diaspora Sonnets

By: Oliver de la Paz

3.94

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY For fans of Diane Seuss and Victoria Chan… read more

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  • poetry
  • nonfiction
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15. Winter Solstice: An Essay

By: Nina MacLaughlin

4.25

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

A celebration and meditation on the season for drinking hot chocolate, spotting a wreath on a neigh… read more

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  • poetry
  • nonfiction
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16. Palm-Lined with Potience

By: Basie Allen

4.44

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

PALM-LINED WITH POTIENCE is New York City poet and visual artist Basie Allen's debut collection of … read more

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  • poetry
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17. West: A Translation

By: Paisley Rekdal

4.46

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

National Book Award 2023, Longlist Punctuated by historical images and told through multiple voices… read more

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  • poetry
  • nonfiction
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18. Into the Light

By: Mark Oshiro

3.98

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

When you're like me, you have to lie. It’s been one year since Manny was cast out of his family … read more

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19. In the Current Where Drowning Is Beautiful (Wesleyan Poetry Series)

By: Abigail Chabitnoy

4.20

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

A poetic re-visioning of narratives of violence against women and nature In the Current Where Drow… read more

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  • poetry
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20. Your Body a Bullet

By: Elizabeth Vignali

4.64

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

Mistletoe sinks its tendrils into the oak tree, a cuckoo lays her murderous egg in another mother’s… read more

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21. Bewildered

By: Jessie Ulmer

4.15

Format: 71 pages, Paperback

BEWILDERED is Jessie Ulmer’s collection of Hansel & Gretel reimaginings. These prose and poetry pie… read more

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  • poetry

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