Passport to Here and There
By: Grace Nichols
3.57
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
In Passport to Here and There Grace Nichols traces a journey that moves from the coastal memories o…
Want to Read $ 10.17"One of the things we do as poets, is to try to preserve experiences, people, places important to us, in an effort to save them from time's erasure."-Grace Nichols, Passport to Here and There
"One of the things we do as poets, is to try to preserve experiences, people, places important to us, in an effort to save them from time's erasure."-Grace Nichols, Passport to Here and There
"One of the things we do as poets, is to try to preserve experiences, people, places important to us, in an effort to save them from time's erasure."-Grace Nichols, Passport to Here and There
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1. Freshwater
By: Akwaeke Emezi
4.02
Format: 229 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary debut novel, Freshwater explores the surreal experience of having a fractured self… read more
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"It wasn’t me,"-Akwaeke Emezi, Freshwater
"The worst part of embodiment is being unseen."-Akwaeke Emezi, Freshwater
"Sometimes, you recognize truth because it destroys you for a bit."-Akwaeke Emezi, Freshwater
"The gods do not care. It is not them, after all, that will pay the cost."-Akwaeke Emezi, Freshwater
2. Serious Concerns
By: Wendy Cope
3.88
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
A collection of poems featuring works by Cope such as "Bloody Men", "Men and their Boring Arguments… read more
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- poetry
"Write to amuse? What an appalling suggestion! I write to make people anxious and miserable and to worsen their indigestion."-Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns
"The day he moved out was terrible – That evening she went through hell. His absence wasn’t a problem But the corkscrew had gone as well."-Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns
"At lunchtime I bought a huge orange The size of it made us all laugh. I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave— They got quarters and I had a half. And that orange it made me so happy, As ordin…"-Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns
"Bloody men are like bloody buses — You wait for about a year And as soon as one approaches your stop Two or three others appear. You look at them flashing their indicators, Offering you a ride. You’r…"-Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns
3. 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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- poetry
"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
4. The Black Unicorn: Poems (Norton Paperback)
By: Audre Lorde
4.35
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
The Black Unicorn is a collection of poems by a woman who, Adrienne Rich writes, "for the complexit… read more
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- poetry
"[…] your smile has been to war"-Audre Lorde, The Black Unicorn: Poems (Norton Paperback)
"I have died too many deaths that were not mine."-Audre Lorde, The Black Unicorn: Poems (Norton Paperback)
"Our labor has become more important than our silence."-Audre Lorde, The Black Unicorn: Poems (Norton Paperback)
"and when we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed but when we are silent we are still afraid So it is better to speak remembering we were never meant to survive"-Audre Lorde, The Black Unicorn: Poems (Norton Paperback)
5. Frenchman's Creek
By: Daphne du Maurier , Julie Myerson
3.98
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
Bored and restless in London's Restoration Court, Lady Dona escapes into the British countryside wi… read more
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"You have no hobby then?" "Moths interest me, my lady."-Daphne du Maurier, Frenchman's Creek
"I am notorious," said Dona, "for making unfortunate remarks."-Daphne du Maurier, Frenchman's Creek
"—in reality it was escape she wanted, escape from her own self—"-Daphne du Maurier, Frenchman's Creek
"I had become like a prisoner in chains, and the dungeon was deep."-Daphne du Maurier, Frenchman's Creek
6. Her Birth
By: Rebecca Goss
3.89
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
A poem sequence that is spare, tender, and haunting, this book navigates the difficult territory of… read more
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- poetry
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. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
By: Angela Carter
3.92
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
From familiar fairy tales and legends - Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Beauty and the B… read more
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"Her hair falls down like tears"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
"ordered me a sky from a florist"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
"My spite was sharp as broken glass"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
"My father lost me to the Beast at cards"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
9. When My Brother Was an Aztec
By: Natalie Díaz
3.66
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
"I write hungrysentences," Natalie Diaz once explained in an interview, "because they want more and… 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. Black Girl, Call Home
By: Jasmine Mans
4.44
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
From spoken word poet Jasmine Mans comes an unforgettable poetry collection about race, feminism, a… read more
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- poetry
"I know grace and mercy was raised by the same single mother."-Jasmine Mans, Black Girl, Call Home
"Are women labeled crazy when you feel like their rage outweighs the evidence of their pain?"-Jasmine Mans, Black Girl, Call Home
12. 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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- poetry
13. Ain't Burned All the Bright
By: Jason Reynolds
4.42
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Prepare yourself for something unlike anything: A smash-up of art and text for teens that viscerall… read more
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- poetry
"What is life in a house underwater?"-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright
"...and freedom to play without worry about the rules being rearranged"-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright
"...and she wipes weary from her eyes still glued to the no-good glued to the high definition glare of low-definition life"-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright
"And I'm sitting here wondering why my mother won't change the channel and why the news won't change the story and why the story won't change into something new instead of the every-hour rerun about h…"-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright
14. The Orange and Other Poems
By: Wendy Cope
4.19
Format: 53 pages, Kindle Edition
My heart has made its mind up And I'm afraid it's you. The Orange and Other Poems provides the … read more
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- poetry
15. Basil and Oregano
By: Melissa Capriglione
3.86
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Mix two parts The Great British Bake Off with one-part magical boarding school plus a generous dash… read more
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16. The English Understand Wool
By: Helen DeWitt
4.10
Format: 69 pages, Hardcover
Maman was exigeante—there is no English word–and I had the benefit of her training. Others may not … read more
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17. Florida
By: Lauren Groff
3.77
Format: 275 pages, Paperback
The stories in this collection span characters, towns, decades, even centuries, but Florida—its lan… read more
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"All things nauseating and deadly are American, apparently. Well, okay, she can't disagree."-Lauren Groff, Florida
"She's a novelist, which is tantamount to being a one woman card catalogue for useless knowledge."-Lauren Groff, Florida
"Of all the places in the world, she belongs in Florida. How dispiriting to learn this of herself."-Lauren Groff, Florida
"She is exhausting to everyone. She would take a break from herself, too, but she doesn't have that option."-Lauren Groff, Florida
18. Bad Diaspora Poems
By: Momtaza Mehri
4.29
Format: 115 pages, Hardcover
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE FORWARD PRIZE 2023*Diaspora is witnessing a murder without getting blood on yo… read more
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- poetry
- post colonial
19. Self-Portrait as Othello
By: Jason Allen-Paisant
4.02
Format: 88 pages, Kindle Edition
Winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection 2023 Winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize 2023 Long… read more
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- poetry
20. Another Way to Split Water
By: Alycia Pirmohamed
4.37
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
LONGLISTED 2023 JHALAK PRIZE LONGLISTED 2023 GERALD LAMPERT MEMORIAL AWARD LONGLISTED 2023 RAYMON… read more
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- poetry
"I stoop into my longings, plot a seed in every corner. Last week I titled another page within my body and surrendered every bending, spitting line of myself to the making."-Alycia Pirmohamed, Another Way to Split Water
21. Coming Back
By: Jessi Zabarsky
3.51
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
A beautiful graphic novel fantasy romance that follows two young women who have to go on their own … read more
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22. Arrow
By: Sumita Chakraborty
4.18
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize 2021 Shortlisted for the Michael Murphy M… read more
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- poetry
23. Latch
By: Rebecca Goss
4.54
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Latch is a study in the act of returning. It is about reconnecting to a place, Suffolk, and underst… read more
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- poetry
24. Eat or We Both Starve
By: Victoria Kennefick
4.10
Format: 78 pages, Paperback
A daring first collection from an exciting young Irish poet, tackling how to live with the past and… read more
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- poetry
25. When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry
By: Joy Harjo
4.56
Format: 458 pages, Paperback
United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo gathers the work of more than 160 poets, representing nearly … read more
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- poetry
"Maybe it is the thunders who breathed life into my body. They are forever wanting to lift me high and carry me away." -Prodigal Daughters (Kimberly Wesnaut)"-Joy Harjo, When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry
"Home is elusive. It shapeshifts with the currents of my heart and its will. Home is a trickster changing according to the medicine of the season and its lesson." -Prodigal Daughters (Kimberly Wesnaut)"-Joy Harjo, When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry
26. More Fiya: A New Collection of Black British Poetry
By: Kayo Chingonyi
4.01
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The Sunday Times - 5 Best Poetry Books of 2022 In this blistering anthology, poet, editor and DJ Ka… read more
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- poetry
27. Egg/Shell
By: Victoria Kennefick
4.43
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
'It is hard to hurt and then explain the hurt away / so as not to hurt anyone. But have you seen / … read more
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- poetry
28. Anteckningar
By: Tua Forsström
3.78
Format: 60 pages, Hardcover
"När de frågade W.H. Auden om poesin kan förändra samhället sa han nej, kan poesin förändra männis… read more
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- poetry
29. The Wrong Person to Ask
By: Marjorie Lotfi
4.10
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Marjorie Lotfi’s award-winning debut collection is a book of two halves, each a meditation on the i… read more
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- poetry
30. Passport to Here and There
By: Grace Nichols
3.57
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
In Passport to Here and There Grace Nichols traces a journey that moves from the coastal memories o… read more
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- poetry
- post colonial
- female authors
"One of the things we do as poets, is to try to preserve experiences, people, places important to us, in an effort to save them from time's erasure."-Grace Nichols, Passport to Here and There
31. Caliban Shrieks
By: Jack Hilton
3.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
This is the autobiography of an unemployed Lancashire working-man now aged thirty-five. In portrayi… read more
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