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William Evans, the award-winning poet and cofounder of the popular culture website Black ...

This is about what grows through the wreckage. This is an anthem of survival and a look a...

This is a short collection of poetry from the pen and mind of Nyles Adams, most of which ...

“All hits no skips. I was incredibly moved by these poems.” —...

Although Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) is known mainly for his tales of the macabre and the...

The author of the famous Alice books also wrote many poems notably in the humorous and no...

"Home Burial" is a poem about a man and woman whose baby has died. It tells of the burial...

Hear rare recordings from five of the most-respected African American poets reading their...

In his numerous roles as groundbreaking poet, editor, translator, storyteller, and father...

Azure Antoinette has been called "the Maya Angelou of the Millennial generation.”A ...

“If I abstain from fun and such, / I'll probably amount to much, / But I shall stay...

Considered to be a valuable testimony of the suffering of the American Civil War, in this...

Dive in to a fantastic selection of poetry from the great Edgar Allan Poe. Includes: "The...

In September of 2004, Rebecca Tauber Mali, the wife of performance poet Taylor Mali, kill...

A profound poetry collection shrouded in tenderness and empathy, created to comfort the g...

Embark on a gentle journey back to self with this wistful and inspiring collection of poe...

Social media sensation Billy Chapata shares insight and advice into the powerful world of...

Zimbabwean poet Billy Chapata provides a thought-provoking take on the universal exp...

From the former United States Poet Laureate and New York Times bestselling author of Aiml...

Dr. Liz’ Pocket Book of Poems is subtitled a companion to Dr. Liz’ Life Launc...

One of Ernest Hemingway’s first published works, these are short stories and poems ...

From the author of paper girl and the knives that made her comes unfold, a poetic, aching...

Not Enough Time is written in the form of a mini bio in a poetry form. Each chapter ...

Let this book be a celebration of queerness, Blackness, and love. Let these words be a mo...

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by LitHub A new collection of vivid, personal and p...

In his latest collection, William Bernhardt again demonstrates that he is a true poet, on...

A collection of profound and piercing poems from a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize about ...

“A moving testament to the impact one person can have and the devastating effects o...

Poems that find meaning in a world where we are "so tired of meaning nothing."

Poet, teacher, essayist, anthologist, songwriter and singer, Naomi Shihab Nye is one of t...

In You and Yours, Naomi Shihab Nye continues her conversation with ordinary people whose ...

A Blessing the Boats Selection with a Foreword by Aracelis Girmay, Renia White&rsquo...

A master of documentary poetry, Erika Meitner takes up the question of desire and intimac...

A call to anyone who thought they were alone on the journey, Incantations for Rest is for...

A poetic sequence using the 1841 slave revolt aboard the brig Creole as a lens through wh...

A powerful collection of autobiographical poems from Yale Young Poets Award Winner and Ph...

In Trace Evidence, the urgent follow-up to his award-winning debut Into Each Room We Ente...

Please make me pretty, I don't want to die explores tactility, sound, sensuality, and int...

WINNER OF THE 2023 PULITZER PRIZE IN POETRYA new collection of poems from one of America&...

A book-length poem set in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, from a writer whose work offers...

A powerful, timely, dazzling new collection of poems from Terrance Hayes, the National Bo...

A landmark collection of poetry by acclaimed fiction writer, translator, and MacArthur Fe...

“Organs of Little Importance is a riotous feat...Ferocious. Funny. Deeply intellige...

Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892...

Everyone feels, but not everyone proves it the same way.Some sing, others shout.Some rhym...

When Kevin Powell's elderly mother became ill, he returned home ever week to take her gro...

And for a brief moment, we finally set asideThe shield that we don, beneath which our hea...

WARNING: This book is crazy and weird! It's worse than your uncle's scraggly beard! It's ...

Shards are the chipped-off pieces and eroded grains of myself that I collected from my mi...

In The Kingdom of Surfaces, award-winning poet Sally Wen Mao examines art and history&mda...