Urbanshee
By: Siaara Freeman
4.16
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Urbanshee is Siaara Freeman's retelling of fairy tales and mythological stories through a modern an…
Want to Read $ 15.31"After the funeral, I see him everywhere. Every time a man is shot in the head. I see him between the couch cushions. The blunt’s end, in Jamaica drinking a Red Stripe on a patch of grass, in a backyard drunk with witches dancing to Motown. Screaming from my mouth. In my lupus diagnosis. Laying in the cracks of my knuckles. Knock, knock, who’s there?"-Siaara Freeman, Urbanshee
"After the funeral, I see him everywhere. Every time a man is shot in the head. I see him between the couch cushions. The blunt’s end, in Jamaica drinking a Red Stripe on a patch of grass, in a backyard drunk with witches dancing to Motown. Screaming from my mouth. In my lupus diagnosis. Laying in the cracks of my knuckles. Knock, knock, who’s there?"-Siaara Freeman, Urbanshee
"After the funeral, I see him everywhere. Every time a man is shot in the head. I see him between the couch cushions. The blunt’s end, in Jamaica drinking a Red Stripe on a patch of grass, in a backyard drunk with witches dancing to Motown. Screaming from my mouth. In my lupus diagnosis. Laying in the cracks of my knuckles. Knock, knock, who’s there?"-Siaara Freeman, Urbanshee
"I thought about having a child, naming it after you. Then I realized that child would never know its namesake & that it’s not fair to want someone just because you want someone else. Instead I named other things for you: seasons with the most holidays, the sky’s face seven seconds before or after it hails, the sound a heart hears when it is half returned, the first time I won a fight, anytime I lose anything."-Siaara Freeman, Urbanshee
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1. The Crown Ain't Worth Much
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
3.69
Format: 192 pages,
The Crown Ain t Worth Much, Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib s first full-length collection, is a sharp and … read more
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2. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
By: T.S. Eliot , Edward Gorey
4.29
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
T. S. Eliot's playful cat poems have delighted readers and cat lovers around the world ever since t… read more
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3. A Grandmother Begins the Story
By: Michelle Porter
3.84
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning author Michelle Porter makes her fiction debut with an enchanting and original story … read more
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"Different ways to tell a story. Some tellers make a noise to announce the coming of the story for get someone else to call everyone's attention. Some wait for people to gather around, for the quiet t…"-Michelle Porter, A Grandmother Begins the Story
"People get themselves ready to die. They start going through their memories and bringing out their stories one by one as if there was a photo album in their head and they've got to get through it bef…"-Michelle Porter, A Grandmother Begins the Story
4. 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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"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
5. 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
6. 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
7. Quiet
By: Victoria Adukwei Bulley
4.12
Format: 87 pages, Paperback
WINNER OF THE RATHBONES FOLIO POETRY PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE T. S. ELIOT PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE … read more
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8. 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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9. Inheritance: A Visual Poem
By: Elizabeth Acevedo
4.49
Format: 46 pages, Hardcover
They tell me to "fix" my hair. And by fix, they mean straighten, they mean whiten; but how do… read more
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10. The Trees Witness Everything
By: Victoria Chang
4.20
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
*Named one of the Best Books of the Year by the The New Yorker *Named one of the Best Books of the… read more
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11. The Kingdom of Surfaces: Poems
By: Sally Wen Mao
4.07
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
A virtuosic new poetry collection from Sally Wen Mao, “a consistently inspiring and exciting voice”… read more
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12. You Better Be Lightning
By: Andrea Gibson
4.63
Format: 115 pages, Paperback
You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson is a queer, political, and feminist collection guided by s… read more
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"Good Grief Let your heart break so your spirit doesn't."-Andrea Gibson, You Better Be Lightning
"I will refuse to call it heaven if the people I love (who put me through hell) aren't there."-Andrea Gibson, You Better Be Lightning
13. Naftalina
By: Sole Otero
4.05
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
In this moving family saga, a teenage woman uncovers the hushed history of sexual violence that sha… read more
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14. Here for the Wrong Reasons
By: Annabel Paulsen
3.73
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
In this swoon-filled lesbian romcom, two dating show contestants vying for the affection of the lea… read more
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15. Going Bicoastal
By: Dahlia Adler
3.83
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A queer Sliding Doors YA rom-com in which a girl must choose between summer in NYC with her dad (an… read more
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16. Revenge Body (Button Poetry)
By: Rachel Wiley
3.99
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Revenge Body is a poetry collection that explores anger (righteous and not), black identity, body i… read more
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"water might be the only thing that could ever hold us gentle"-Rachel Wiley, Revenge Body (Button Poetry)
17. 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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"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)
18. Sweet, Young, & Worried
By: Blythe Baird
4.03
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Sweet, Young, & Worried is the highly anticipated sophomore collection by author Blythe Baird. This… read more
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19. Dead Dad Jokes (Button Poetry)
By: Ollie Schminkey
4.26
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Dead Dad Jokes is an unflinching take on family, loss and trauma. There is nothing quiet about Schm… read more
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"when i spell grief, i can never remember if the i or e comes first, so i spend each day autocorrecting my greif, my grief, greif, grief, greif, until i can finally figure out what the fuck it is i’m …"-Ollie Schminkey, Dead Dad Jokes (Button Poetry)
"i see an old man using a walker on the sidewalk, and my stomach aches for those 30 years my dad never got. if i die at the same age as my dad, my life is almost half up. i imagine him sitting at a pa…"-Ollie Schminkey, Dead Dad Jokes (Button Poetry)
20. Dream Drawings: Configurations of a Timeless Kind
By: N. Scott Momaday
3.93
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
From Pulitzer Prize winner and celebrated American master N. Scott Momaday, a beautiful and enchant… read more
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21. Born in a Second Language
By: Akosua Zimba Afiriyie-Hwedie
4.04
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
Born in a Second Language troubles the spectrum between silence (or the limitations of the mouth) a… read more
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22. That Night in the Library
By: Eva Jurczyk
2.70
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
One night locked in the library. What could go wrong? On the night before graduation, seven stud… read more
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23. Fat Girl Finishing School
By: Rachel Wiley
4.24
Format: 65 pages, Paperback
“Fat girls of the world will find their voice through Wiley’s brilliance, and we all owe her for th… read more
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24. Ephemera
By: Sierra DeMulder
4.52
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
If every experience lasted forever and the sands of time never interrupted our most loving moments,… read more
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25. Nothing Is Okay
By: Rachel Wiley
4.16
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Nothing is Okay is the second full-length collection by Rachel Wiley, whose work simultaneously dec… read more
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26. The Music Was Just Getting Good
By: Alicia Cook
3.92
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Some good things must come to an end, for new things to begin. Poet Alicia Cook explores this griev… read more
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27. Urbanshee
By: Siaara Freeman
4.16
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
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"After the funeral, I see him everywhere. Every time a man is shot in the head. I see him between the couch cushions. The blunt’s end, in Jamaica drinking a Red Stripe on a patch of grass, in a backya…"-Siaara Freeman, Urbanshee
"I thought about having a child, naming it after you. Then I realized that child would never know its namesake & that it’s not fair to want someone just because you want someone else. Instead I named …"-Siaara Freeman, Urbanshee
28. Dear Azula, I Have a Crush on Danny Phantom (Button Poetry)
By: Azura Tyabji
3.82
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
Dear Azula, I Have a Crush on Danny Phantom is a crossover of our coming of age universes. Explorin… read more
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29. How to Maintain Eye Contact
By: Robert Wood Lynn
3.68
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
How to Maintain Eye Contact takes readers through a journey of uncertainty and what we make of it. … read more
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30. Composition
By: Junious Ward
4.18
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31. Never Catch Me
By: Darius Simpson
4.31
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