6 Top poetry books like The Body Ghost by Joseph Lease

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The Body Ghost

By: Joseph Lease

4.26

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

“Promise me the rich can’t sleep,” Joseph Lease begs in The Body Ghost, offering poems as light on …

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1. Invisible Cities

By: Italo Calvino , William Weaver

4.11

Format: 15 pages, Paperback

"Kublai Khan does not necessarily believe everything Marco Polo says when he describes the cities v… read more

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2. Life on Mars

By: Tracy K. Smith

4.45

Format: 122 pages,

You lie there kicking like a baby, waiting for God himself To lift you past the rungs of your crib.… read more

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3. Time Is a Mother

By: Ocean Vuong

3.94

Format: 114 pages, Hardcover

In this deeply intimate second poetry collection, Ocean Vuong searches for life among the aftershoc… read more

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4. Wandering Stars

By: Tommy Orange

3.89

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There … read more

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"And in the year 1924 Indian citizenship will have been granted, even though they will mean to dissolve tribes by giving citizenship, dissolve being another word for disappearance, a kind of chemical …"

-Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars

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5. Best Barbarian: Poems

By: Roger Reeves

4.10

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

The poems in Best Barbarian roam across the literary and social landscape, from Beowulf’s Grendel t… read more

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Cover of Punks: New & Selected Poems by John  Keene

6. Punks: New & Selected Poems

By: John Keene

4.26

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

A landmark collection of poetry by acclaimed fiction writer, translator, and MacArthur Fellow John … read more

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7. Burying the Mountain

By: Shangyang Fang

4.18

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In Shangyang Fang’s debut Burying the Mountain, longing and loss rush through a portal of difficult… read more

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8. The Curious Thing: Poems

By: Sandra Lim

3.97

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

In this gorgeous third collection, Sandra Lim investigates desire, sexuality, and dream with sinewy… read more

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9. The Body Ghost

By: Joseph Lease

4.26

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

“Promise me the rich can’t sleep,” Joseph Lease begs in The Body Ghost, offering poems as light on … read more

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4.54

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4.15

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