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• Startlement

  New and Selected Poems

  Limón, Ada,

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  "Drawing from six previously published books--including widely acclaimed collections The Hurting Kind, The Carrying, and Bright Dead Things--as well as vibrant new work, Startlement exalts the mysterious. With a tender curiosity, Ada Li̤mn wades…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beyond the Glittering World

  An Anthology of Indigenous Feminisms and Futurisms

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  "Rooted in visions of Indigenous futurisms, Beyond the Glittering World proclaims and celebrates a rising generation of storytellers. The collection brings together twenty-two emerging and established women, two-spirit people, and people of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Plague Doctor

  Poems

  Morehead, James C.,

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  "A mesmerizing collection of eerie, image-rich poems that explore the fleeting nature of existence and friendship, inspired by the world of art and artists."

• A Body More Tolerable

  Poems

  simpson, jaye,

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  "a body more tolerable is a collection of powerful and haunting poems full of mythos, fairy tales, allusion, and magic. Divided into three parts, the book takes an intimate exploration of Indigenous grief, trans identity, and frustrated desires in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Poems of Parenting

  Brantz, Loryn,

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  "Modern parenthood can feel indescribable. This poignant collection of poetry and art chronicles the ups and downs of a rollercoaster ride that every parent will recognize. Capturing the joys and frustrations that come with each fleetingly precious…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light

  Fifty Poems for Fifty Years

  Harjo, Joy,

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  "In this selection of poems Harjo, a three-term US Poet Laureate, celebrates her fifty years as a poet. While musical, intimate, political and wise, they intertwine ancestral memory and tribal histories with resilience and love. From her early…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Attached to the Living World

  a New Ecopoetry Anthology

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  "With a foreword by Camille Dungy and an introduction by Margaret Ronda, the poems gathered here provide vital visions to nurture our imaginations and spur us to act. The anthology delves into the multifaceted ecological crises of our time,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Glory, Too

  Poems

  Grimes, Nikki,

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  "In a marriage of poetry, faith, and worship, Ms. Grimes' poems illuminate the Scriptures that grace every Sunday of the year. Her inimitable voice and imagination offer glimpses of glory we might not otherwise see, throughout the seasons of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Water, Water

  Collins, Billy,

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  "In more than sixty new poems, Billy Collins writes with joy and wonder about the beauty and irony of daily life. The best poetry, he believes, begins with clarity and ends in mystery, and in Water, Water we encounter a writer endlessly astonished…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Music Was Just Getting Good

  the Final Poetic Mixtape

  Cook, Alicia,

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  "Following in the footsteps of her first two installments, Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately (2016) and Sorry I Haven't Texted You Back (2020), Cook is closing out her trilogy with a poignant and all too relatable look at the ebbs and flows of life.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• English as a Second Language and Other Poems

  Bolina, Jaswinder, 1978-

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  "In Jaswinder Bolina's English as A Second Language and Other Poems, we are asked to imagine the tender and harsh realities of this world within a single breath-- a Steiff monkey resting next to a child in a crib and the tired hands of "a thousand…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What I Should've Texted

  Jeanty, Pierre Alex,

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  "This new original poetry collection from Pierre Alex Jeanty is a beautiful expression of the unspoken things that needed to be said and must leave our lips as we attempt to close chapters of our lives. Whether you are looking for closure from past…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Some of the Light

  New and Selected Poems

  Hernandez, Tim Z.,

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  "Some of the Light: New & Selected gathers the first 25 years of Hernandez's award-winning poetry, offering a glimpse at the trajectory of a rising contemplative American author. At its core, Some of the Light contains collected poems of love, told…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Super Gay Poems

  LGBTQIA+ Poetry After Stonewall

  Burt, Stephanie, 1971-

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  "Super Gay Poems brings together fifty-one works encompassing the wide range of queer and trans verse after the Stonewall uprising of 1969. The poems in this anthology represent the great variety of queer and trans life itself. They include…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mojave Ghost

  a Novel Poem

  Gander, Forrest, 1956-

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  "Mojave Ghost initiates an unusually tender bond with the reader as it chronicles an intimate relationship with arresting honesty and vividness. Moving through grief and loss towards a renewal that never sidesteps the wholeness of experience,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Above Ground

  Poems

  Smith, Clint, 1988-

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  "The poems are manifestations of Smith's wisdom and latest observations, starting with the precarious birth of his son, to the current political and social state of the country, to childhood memories, and back again. Smith traverses the periods of…Read moreRead more of this annotation