Thot
By: Chanté L. Reid
4.68
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Thot is a ground-breaking, fast paced, book length essay that experiments with poetry, dialogue, an…
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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. They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
4.57
Format: 291 pages, Paperback
In an age of confusion, fear, and loss, Hanif Abdurraqib's is a voice that matters. Whether he's at… read more
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- poetry
- nonfiction
- essays
"We make our own music to celebrate our dead where we must."-Hanif Abdurraqib, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
"Home is where the heart begins, but not where the heart stays."-Hanif Abdurraqib, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
"It is a luxury to see some violence as terror and other violence as necessary."-Hanif Abdurraqib, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
"It's in the spirit of male loneliness to imagine that someone has to suffer for it."-Hanif Abdurraqib, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
3. Affrilachia: Poems by Frank X Walker
By: Frank X. Walker
4.32
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
A milestone book of poetry at the intersection of Appalachian and African American literature. In t… read more
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- poetry
- nonfiction
4. The Birds of Opulence
By: Crystal Wilkinson
3.70
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
From the critically acclaimed, award-winning author of Blackberries, Blackberriesand Water Streetco… read more
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5. Head Off & Split
By: Nikky Finney
3.30
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Winner of 2011 National Book Award for Poetry Winner of 2012 GLCS Award for Poetry Winner of 2012 S… read more
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- poetry
- nonfiction
6. Splinters
By: Leslie Jamison
3.86
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes the riveti… read more
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- nonfiction
- essays
7. Blackouts
By: Justin Torres
3.77
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of We the Animals, Blackouts mines lost histories--personal and collect… read more
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8. My Government Means to Kill Me
By: Rasheed Newson
4.25
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
A fierce and riveting queer coming-of-age story following the personal and political awakening of a… read more
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"So I loved my sister, but held that love loosely in my arms, anticipating its death and mourning it as it lived"-Rasheed Newson, My Government Means to Kill Me
"...Generations of black men had been frequenting Mt. Morris since the Harlem Renaissance. Rumor had it that Countee Cullen ditched his wife after he and Harold Jackman made Mt. Morris their regular r…"-Rasheed Newson, My Government Means to Kill Me
"Zee had only grinned at me when I was valuable to her. I'd go on to tangle with other bosses and authority figures, and that dynamic never changed. Affection never outlasted need. This was the first …"-Rasheed Newson, My Government Means to Kill Me
"The theory goes that governmental agencies don't accidentally make accessing information or resources difficult. They do this shit on purpose. The forms are confusing, and the record keeping is ass-b…"-Rasheed Newson, My Government Means to Kill Me
9. The Late Americans
By: Brandon Taylor
3.38
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
A deeply involving new novel of young men and women at a crossroads In the shared and private sp… read more
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10. The Crying Book
By: Heather Christle
3.80
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Award-winning poet Heather Christle has just lost a dear friend to suicide and must reckon with her… read more
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- poetry
- nonfiction
- essays
"Tears are a sign of powerlessness, a "woman's weapon." It has been a long war."-Heather Christle, The Crying Book
"Almost all my understanding is from books...Sometimes it seems there are more pages in me than breaths."-Heather Christle, The Crying Book
"Some people think of reading poems and stories as a way to practice responding to imagined circumstances, without having to risk dangers of real life."-Heather Christle, The Crying Book
"They say perhaps we cry when language fails, when words can no longer adequately convey our hurt. When my crying is not wordless enough I beat my head with my fists."-Heather Christle, The Crying Book
11. And Yet: Poems
By: Kate Baer
3.97
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
The second full length poetry collection from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Kind… read more
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- nonfiction
"Let your life rest on what is already good."-Kate Baer, And Yet: Poems
"It's just another day in the good-bad, bad-good earth machine."-Kate Baer, And Yet: Poems
"We expect so much of children, hovering above them like giant, invincible gods. What a racket to discover as an adult, how little we have to pass down."-Kate Baer, And Yet: Poems
12. Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
4.47
Format: 207 pages, Paperback
How does one pay homage to A Tribe Called Quest? The seminal rap group brought jazz into the genre,… read more
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- nonfiction
- essays
"The things we do to stay close to the people we think will carry us through an entire lifetime..."-Hanif Abdurraqib, Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)
13. Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place
By: Neema Avashia
4.26
Format: 171 pages, Paperback
When Neema Avashia tells people where she’s from, their response is nearly always a disbelieving “T… read more
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- nonfiction
- essays
14. Idlewild
By: James Frankie Thomas
4.14
Format: 389 pages, Hardcover
James Frankie Thomas’s Idlewild is a darkly funny story of two adults looking back on their intense… read more
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"What we mean to say, but what Ms Spider is not equipped to understand, is that Iago is gay in the way that all the best fictional murderers are gay. Norman Bates, Tom Ripely, The titular Third Man, a…"-James Frankie Thomas, Idlewild
15. Exalted
By: Anna Dorn
3.73
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
Emily Forrest runs the hottest astrology account on Instagram, @Exalted, but astrology is on the ou… read more
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16. The Way She Feels: My Life on the Borderline in Pictures and Pieces
By: Courtney Cook
3.87
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
Finalist for the 2022 Lammy Award for Bisexual & the 2022 Heartland Booksellers Award A Book Riot … read more
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- nonfiction
17. Black Bone: 25 Years of the Affrilachian Poets
By: Bianca Lynne Spriggs
4.46
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
The Appalachian region stretches from Mississippi to New York, encompassing rural areas as well as … read more
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- poetry
18. Fieldnotes on Ordinary Love
By: Keith S. Wilson
4.10
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Fieldnotes on Ordinary Love is a collection whose poems approach family, politics, and romance, oft… read more
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19. The Night of Baba Yaga
By: Akira Otani
3.40
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
In this no-holds-barred queer thriller, a fierce mixed-race fighter develops a powerful attachment … read more
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20. Thot
By: Chanté L. Reid
4.68
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Thot is a ground-breaking, fast paced, book length essay that experiments with poetry, dialogue, an… read more
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21. Load in Nine Times: Poems
By: Frank X. Walker
4.59
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
From former poet laureate of Kentucky and founder of the Affrilachian Poets, a collection of histor… read more
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