22 Top poetry books like Still Falling: Poems by Jennifer Grotz

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Still Falling: Poems

By: Jennifer Grotz

4.19

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

A searching new collection by a poet who “pays exquisite attention to everything she encounters” ( …

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1. The Wild Iris

By: Louise Glück

4.18

Format: 65 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature From Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Louise Glück, a stunnin… read more

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"things that can't move learn to see"

-Louise Glück, The Wild Iris

" No one's despair is like my despair-- "

-Louise Glück, The Wild Iris

"I'm tired of you, chaos of the living world--"

-Louise Glück, The Wild Iris

"What does the horse give you That I cannot give you?"

-Louise Glück, The Wild Iris

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2. 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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3. Selected Poems

By: Elaine Feinstein , Marina Tsvetaeva

4.56

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

An admired contemporary of Rilke, Akhmatova, and Mandelstam, Russian poet Marina Tsvetayeva bore wi… read more

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4. Nobody Is Ever Missing

By: Catherine Lacey

3.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Without telling her family, Elyria takes a one-way flight to New Zealand, abruptly leaving her stab… read more

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5. The Salt Grows Heavy

By: Cassandra Khaw

3.59

Format: 106 pages, Hardcover

From USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw comes The Salt Grows Heavy, a razor-sharp and bewi… read more

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"And you shall know her by the trail of dead"

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"There is nothing wrong with being a monster."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"A thousand mythologies contributed to my conception."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"The truth liberates; it cannot cripple or maul, cannot injure, not unless one declares themselves its apostate."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

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6. Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

By: Mosab Abu Toha

4.74

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 2022 Palestine Book Awards Creative Award Finalist for the National Book Critics Cir… read more

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"Borders are those invented lines drawn with ash on maps and sewn into the ground by bullets."

-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

"A country that exists only in my mind. Its flag has no room to fly freely, but there is space on the coffins of my countrymen."

-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

"In Gaza, some of us cannot completely die. Every time a bomb falls, every time shrapnel hits our graves, every time the rubble piles up on our heads, we are awakened from our temporary death."

-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

"PALESTINE A–Z A An apple that fell from the table on a dark evening when man-made lightning flashed through the kitchen, the streets, and the sky, rattling the cupboards and breaking the dishes. “Am"

-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

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7. August Blue

By: Deborah Levy

3.68

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A new novel from the Booker Prize finalist Deborah Levy, the celebrated author of The Man Who Saw E… read more

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"We agreed that whatever happened next in the world, we would still rub conditioner into our hair after we washed it and comb it through to the ends, we would soften our lips with rose-, strawberry-, …"

-Deborah Levy, August Blue

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8. The Taiga Syndrome

By: Cristina Rivera Garza

3.48

Format: 82 pages, Kindle Edition

A fairy tale run amok, The Taiga Syndrome follows an unnamed Ex-Detective as she searches for a cou… read more

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"...in the same way, just like being in love, being out of love also ends one day."

-Cristina Rivera Garza, The Taiga Syndrome

"In fairy tales, the wolf is always ferocious. Astute and agile, the wolf always figures out how to get its way. … The Wolf, in other words, always wins."

-Cristina Rivera Garza, The Taiga Syndrome

"Places where sex is sold are the same everywhere. They always have a viewing window or something similar: a bar, a walkway, a stage where you can see bodies and, if permitted, feel them. It has to be…"

-Cristina Rivera Garza, The Taiga Syndrome

"Failures weigh people down. Writing reports of all the cases I was unable to solve, however, had helped me to tell stories, or at least get them down on paper, as they say. Whether I was obeying or t…"

-Cristina Rivera Garza, The Taiga Syndrome

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9. 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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10. The Vulnerables

By: Sigrid Nunez

3.61

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times –bestselling, National Book Award–winning author of The Friend and What Are You … read more

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"Only when I was young did I believe that it was important to remember what happened in every novel I read. Now I know the truth: what matters is what you experience while reading, the states of feeli…"

-Sigrid Nunez, The Vulnerables

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11. So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men

By: Claire Keegan

3.99

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Librarian's Note: This is the entry for the short story collection. Please don't combine it with th… read more

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"You know what is at the heart of misogyny? When it comes down to it?’ ‘So I’m a misogynist now?’ ‘It’s simply about not giving,’ she said."

-Claire Keegan, So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men

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12. Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

By: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

4.55

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

In this collection of essays, Lambda Literary Award-winning writer and longtime activist and perfor… read more

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"It [i.e. disability justice] means we are not left behind; we are beloved, kindred, needed."

-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

"To me, one quality of disability justice culture is that it is simultaneously beautiful and practical. Poetry and dance are as valuable as a blog post about access hacks - because they're equally imp…"

-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

"Disability Justice allowed me to understand that me writing from my sickbed wasn't me being week or uncool or not a real writer but a time-honoured crip creative practice. And that understanding allo…"

-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

"One of the central loves of my life is coaching and supporting other writers. Specifically, writers who identify as BIPOC, sick/Mad/disabled, queer/trans, femme, working-class/poor, or some or all of…"

-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

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13. Modern Poetry: Poems

By: Diane Seuss

4.53

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Diane Seuss’s signature voice―audacious in its honesty, virtuosic in its artistry, outsider in its … read more

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14. 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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15. Bread and Circus

By: Airea Dee Matthews

4.27

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

“Discerning and significant.” — Poetry Foundation “A sharp memoir in verse.” — LitHub This powe… read more

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16. Judas Goat: Poems

By: Gabrielle Bates

4.21

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

Gabrielle Bates’s electric debut collection Judas Goat plumbs the depths of intimate relationships.… read more

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17. Indelicacy

By: Amina Cain

3.59

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

In "a strangely ageless world somewhere between Emily Dickinson and David Lynch" (Blake Butler), a … read more

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"I hated March more than any other month, with its promises of warmth that never came"

-Amina Cain, Indelicacy

"I would listen to a bird cry, or the cat and the dog scratching around. In those moments I felt like a giant ear."

-Amina Cain, Indelicacy

"In books I found even more strongly my desire to write, to write back to them and their jagged, perfect words. I found life that ran close to my own"

-Amina Cain, Indelicacy

"Why is empty space a comfort and a relief? It's not because I project myself there; it's because I can't. It shows me my projections, but they haven't left my mind. Empty space remains empty, always.…"

-Amina Cain, Indelicacy

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18. You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World

By: Ada Limon

4.11

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Published association  with the Library of Congress and edited by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate o… read more

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19. Turn Up the Ocean: Poems

By: Tony Hoagland

4.31

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

The final book of poems by Tony Hoagland, “one of the most distinctive voices of our time” (Carl De… read more

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20. 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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21. Normal Distance

By: Elisa Gabbert

3.70

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

A collection of funny and thought-provoking poems inspired by surprising facts that will appeal to … read more

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22. The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

By: Hala Alyan

4.22

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

From the author of The Arsonists’ City and The Twenty-Ninth Year, a new collection of poetry that t… read more

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"My favorite house is my mother."

-Hala Alyan, The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

"I don’t have time to write about the soul. There are bodies to count. There’s a man wearing his wedding tuxedo to sleep in case I meet God and there’s a brick of light before each bombing."

-Hala Alyan, The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

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23. I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times

By: Taylor Byas

4.37

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times takes its inspiration and concept from the cult classic film Th… read more

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24. Tripas: Poems

By: Brandon Som

3.95

Format: 81 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and Finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Poet… read more

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25. With My Back to the World: Poems

By: Victoria Chang

4.08

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

*A Today Show Pick *Roxane Gay Audacious Book Club Selection *Publisher's Weekly Starred Review a… read more

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26. How to Communicate: Poems

By: John Lee Clark

4.14

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the 2023 Minnesota Book Award for Poetry A stunning debut from an award-winning DeafBl… read more

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27. Thick with Trouble (Penguin Poets)

By: Amber McBride

4.10

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

From National Book Award finalist Amber McBride, a mystical, transcendent poetry collection about B… read more

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28. Now Do You Know Where You Are

By: Dana Levin

3.84

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2022 New York Times Editors' Choice NPR Books We Love 2022 … read more

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29. Still Falling: Poems

By: Jennifer Grotz

4.19

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

A searching new collection by a poet who “pays exquisite attention to everything she encounters” ( … read more

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30. Bluff: Poems

By: Danez Smith

4.53

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Written after two years of artistic silence, during which the world came to a halt due to the COVID… read more

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31. The Message

By: Ta-Nehisi Coates

4.58

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set off to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell’s cla… read more

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"My sense is that if I spend more time talking to you than I spend complaining about you, then something wonderful often happens and the enlightenment is mutual. So I don't really worry about the youn…"

-Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Message

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