A Fire In My Head
By: Ben Okri
3.41
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A powerful collection of new and recently completed poems by Ben Okri covering topics of the day, s…
Want to Read $ 12.99"we need a new miracle of being human. we need a new miracle of being alive."-Ben Okri, A Fire In My Head
"we need a new miracle of being human. we need a new miracle of being alive."-Ben Okri, A Fire In My Head
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1. Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse
By: Anne Carson , Stesichorus
4.27
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
The award-winning poet Anne Carson reinvents a genre in Autobiography of Red, a stunning work that … read more
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"Under the seams runs the pain."-Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse
"There is no person without a world."-Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse
"Don't want to be free want to be with you."-Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse
"Sometimes a journey makes itself necessary."-Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse
2. Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals
By: Patricia Lockwood
3.75
Format: 271 pages, Paperback
A breathtaking new collection from one of today's boldest and most adventurous poets Colloquial and… read more
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3. The January Children
By: Kwame Dawes , Safia Elhillo
3.44
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
In her dedication Safia Elhillo writes, "The January Children are the generation born in Sudan unde… read more
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4. How to Be Drawn
By: Terrance Hayes
4.25
Format: None pages,
A dazzling new collection of poetry by Terrance Hayes, the National Book Award-winning author of Li… read more
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5. Elizabeth and Her German Garden
By: Elizabeth von Arnim
3.73
Format: 207 pages, Paperback
An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here. "Elizabeth and Her German Garden," a novel… read more
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"I shall not let myself be frightened away by the sarcasm of owls."-Elizabeth von Arnim, Elizabeth and Her German Garden
"We are none of us ever thankful enough, and yet we each get so much, so very much, more than we deserve."-Elizabeth von Arnim, Elizabeth and Her German Garden
", and there were days last winter when I danced for sheer joy out in my frost-bound garden, in spite of my years and children."-Elizabeth von Arnim, Elizabeth and Her German Garden
"Oh, I thought of calling it Journeyings in Germany. It sounds well, and would be correct. Or Jottings from German Journeyings--I haven't quite decided yet..."-Elizabeth von Arnim, Elizabeth and Her German Garden
6. 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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"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
7. Girls That Never Die: Poems
By: Safia Elhillo
4.30
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Intimate poems that explore feminine shame and violence and imagine what liberation from these thre… read more
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"I will begin by writing a sentence about cutting. I will begin by writing a sentence about silence. I will continue by writing a sentence about cutting. I will proceed to ask the question about cutti…"-Safia Elhillo, Girls That Never Die: Poems
8. Woman Without Shame: Poems
By: Sandra Cisneros
4.11
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A brave new collection of poems from Sandra Cisneros, the best-selling author of The House on Mango… read more
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9. Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head
By: Warsan Shire
4.21
Format: 86 pages, Paperback
Poems of migration, womanhood, trauma, and resilience from the celebrated collaborator on Beyoncé's… read more
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"You only leave home when home won't let you stay."-Warsan Shire, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head
"No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark."-Warsan Shire, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head
"Under your feet, the trapdoor to heaven opens its mouth, its teeth grazing your toes."-Warsan Shire, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head
"Mother says there are locked rooms inside all women. Sometimes, the men--they come with keys, and sometimes, the men--they come with hammers."-Warsan Shire, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head
10. Rifqa
By: Mohammed El-Kurd
4.66
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
Rifqa is Mohammed El-Kurd’s debut collection of poetry, written in the tradition of Ghassan Kanfani… read more
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"Sing me a song of home break a dish or two throw a stone or two because the screams make me nostalgic: I almost don't fear the sirens."-Mohammed El-Kurd, Rifqa
11. C+nto and Othered Poems
By: Joelle Taylor
4.25
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize 2021. The female body is a political space. C+nto enters the priv… read more
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12. 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
13. Good Grief
By: Brianna M. Pastor
4.06
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
An expanded edition with over forty brand-new poems of the bestselling poetry collection Good Grief… read more
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14. American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin
By: Terrance Hayes
4.27
Format: 91 pages, Paperback
In seventy poems bearing the same title, Terrance Hayes explores the meanings of American, of assas… read more
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"May all the gold you touch burn, rot, and rust."-Terrance Hayes, American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin
" Sometimes Is a good answer to any existential question."-Terrance Hayes, American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin
"Are you not the color of this country's current threat Advisory?"-Terrance Hayes, American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin
"Why youth seems to be my only requisite for beauty now is beyond me."-Terrance Hayes, American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin
15. The Best American Poetry 2023 (The Best American Poetry series)
By: David Lehman
3.49
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Award-winning poet Elaine Equi selects the poems for the 2023 edition of The Best American Poetry ,… read more
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16. Home Is Not a Country
By: Safia Elhillo
4.20
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A novel in verse about family, identity, and finding yourself in the most unexpected places. Nim… read more
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17. The Essential June Jordan (Penguin Modern Classics)
By: June Jordan
4.53
Format: None pages, Paperback
The definitive introduction to the work of 'the bravest of us . . . the universal poet' (Alice Walk… read more
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18. From Unincorporated Territory [åmot]
By: Craig Santos Pérez
4.42
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
Experimental and visual poems diving into the history and culture of the poet’s homeland, Guam. … read more
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19. Nura and the Immortal Palace
By: M.T. Khan
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Aru Shah and the End of Time meets Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away in this mesmerizing portal fantasy… read more
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20. A Fire In My Head
By: Ben Okri
3.41
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A powerful collection of new and recently completed poems by Ben Okri covering topics of the day, s… read more
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"we need a new miracle of being human. we need a new miracle of being alive."-Ben Okri, A Fire In My Head
21. Sage: Poems
By: Marilyn Chin
3.77
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
A rebellious, refined, provocative, and audacious volume from award-winning poet Marilyn Chin. In h… read more
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