Cenzontle
By: Marcelo Hernández Castillo
4.18
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
In this lyrical, imagistic debut, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo creates a nuanced narrative of life be…
Want to Read $ 9.99"Each pepper field is the same. In each one I am a failed anthem. I don't know English but there is so little that needs translated out here."-Marcelo Hernández Castillo, Cenzontle
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1. When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities
By: Jericho Brown , None , Chen Chen
4.26
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
In this ferocious and tender debut, Chen Chen investigates inherited forms of love and family—the s… read more
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- poetry
- race
- queer
- lgbt
"What is it, to remember nothing, of what one loved?"-Jericho Brown, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities
"But sometimes no one said anything & I saw him, the local paper boy on his route. His beanstalk frame & fragile bicycle. & I knew: we would be so terribly happy."-Jericho Brown, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities
"My mother was in the hospital & everyone wanted to be my friend. But I was busy making a list: good dog, bad citizen, short skeleton, tall mocha. Typical Tuesday. My mother was in the hospital & no o…"-Jericho Brown, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities
2. 100 Selected Poems
By: E.E. Cummings
4.29
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
E.E. Cummings is without question one of the major poets of the 20th century, and this volume, firs… read more
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- literature
- poetry
- the united states of america
"tomorrow is our permanent address"-E.E. Cummings, 100 Selected Poems
"for every mile the feet go the heart goes nine"-E.E. Cummings, 100 Selected Poems
"love’s to giving as to keeping’s give; as yes is to if,love is to yes"-E.E. Cummings, 100 Selected Poems
"Always it’s Spring)and everyone’s in love and flowers pick themselves."-E.E. Cummings, 100 Selected Poems
3. Look
By: Solmaz Sharif
4.16
Format: 84 pages,
*Finalist for the 2017 PEN Open Book Award* *Finalist for the 2016 National Book Award* Solmaz Shar… read more
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- poetry
- the united states of america
4. Incarnadine: Poems
By: Mary Szybist
3.00
Format: 76 pages, Paperback
The troubadours knew how to burn themselves through, how to make themselves shrines to their own lo… read more
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5. The Moths and Other Stories
By: Helena María Viramontes
3.14
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Fiction. THE MOTHS AND OTHER STORIES, Helena Maria Viramontes' stories exploring women's struggles … read more
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- literature
6. Whereas
By: Layli Long Soldier
4.12
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
The astonishing, powerful debut by the winner of a 2016 Whiting Writers' Award WHEREAS her birth si… read more
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- poetry
- race
7. Bright Dead Things
By: Ada Limon
3.57
Format: None pages,
Bright Dead Things examines the chaos that is life, the dangerous thrill of living in a world you k… read more
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8. Transit
By: Cameron Awkward-Rich
3.91
Format: 631 pages,
Poetry. African American Studies. "Cameron Awkward-Rich's wintry collection is full of broken surfa… read more
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9. Felicity
By: Mary Oliver
4.12
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Mary Oliver, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, celebrates love in her new collection of poems "If I ha… read more
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10. Night Sky with Exit Wounds
By: Ocean Vuong
4.00
Format: 258 pages, Paperback
Ocean Vuong's first full-length collection aims straight for the perennial "big"--and very human--s… read more
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11. The Collected Poems
By: Sylvia Plath , Ted Hughes
3.96
Format: 286 pages, Paperback
"By the time of her death, on 11 February, 1963, Sylvia Plath had written a large bulk of poetry. T… read more
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12. An American Sunrise
By: Joy Harjo
4.28
Format: 116 pages, Hardcover
National Bestseller A stunning new volume from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the Un… read more
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- race
- memoir
"Gather strength, pull it in Be right where you are."-Joy Harjo, An American Sunrise
"The songs of the guardians of silence are the most powerful—"-Joy Harjo, An American Sunrise
"History will always find you, and wrap you In its thousand arms."-Joy Harjo, An American Sunrise
" We will keep going despite dark Or a madman in a white house dream. "-Joy Harjo, An American Sunrise
13. 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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- race
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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
14. The Hurting Kind: Poems
By: Ada Limon
4.34
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
An astonishing collection about interconnectedness—between the human and nonhuman, ancestors and ou… read more
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- the united states of america
"There is a solitude in this world I cannot pierce. I would die for it."-Ada Limon, The Hurting Kind: Poems
"Before, the only thing I was interested in was love, how it grips you, how it terrifies you, how it annihilates and resuscitates you. I didn’t know then that it wasn’t even love that I was interested…"-Ada Limon, The Hurting Kind: Poems
15. 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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- queer
- lgbt
16. Bluest Nude: Poems
By: Ama Codjoe
4.48
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Finalist for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work Ama Codjoe’s highly anticipated de… read more
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17. Postcolonial Love Poem
By: Natalie Díaz
4.33
Format: 107 pages, Paperback
Natalie Diaz’s highly anticipated follow-up to When My Brother Was an Aztec, winner of an American … read more
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- race
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"Unsoothable thirst is one kind of haunting"-Natalie Díaz, Postcolonial Love Poem
"In Mojave, our words for want and need are the same – because why would you want what you don’t need?"-Natalie Díaz, Postcolonial Love Poem
"Maybe death is a way to clean the self, of the body, to finally celebrate it. A celebration should leave a mess."-Natalie Díaz, Postcolonial Love Poem
"At the National Museum of the American Indian, 68 percent of the collection is from the United States. I am doing my best to not become a museum of myself. I am doing my best to breathe in and out."-Natalie Díaz, Postcolonial Love Poem
18. Theophanies
By: Sarah Ghazal Ali
4.46
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
Theophanies, selected as the Editors Choice for the 2022 Alice James Award, is a testament to women… read more
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19. 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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- queer
- lgbt
20. Dunce
By: Mary Ruefle
3.94
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
Through her many projects across numerous genres, Mary Ruefle has proven herself a singular artist,… read more
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21. Cenzontle
By: Marcelo Hernández Castillo
4.18
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
In this lyrical, imagistic debut, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo creates a nuanced narrative of life be… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Marcelo Hernández Castillo's Cenzontle book and Marcelo Hernández Castillo's Cenzontle
- poetry
- race
- memoir
- lgbt
- literature
- the united states of america
- bisexual
- queer
"Each pepper field is the same. In each one I am a failed anthem. I don't know English but there is so little that needs translated out here."-Marcelo Hernández Castillo, Cenzontle
