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Remember
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Joy Harjo US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo's iconic poem Remember, illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Michaela Goade, invites young readers to pause and reflect on the wonder of... Children'sPoetry
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Black Women Writers at Work
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We Are Owed.
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All the Blood Involved in Love
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Harlem Shadows
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Halal If You Hear Me
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Bigger Than Bravery
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Chlorine Sky
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Playlist for the Apocalypse
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Rita Dove Finalist for the 2022 Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the 2021 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - PoetryA piercing, unflinching new volume offers necessary... Best-SellersBooks
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Alive at the End of the World
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Jimmy's Blues
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The Study of Human Life
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Joshua Bennett A third collection that reveals an acclaimed poet further extending his range into the realm of speculative fiction, while addressing issues as varied as abolition,... BooksPoetry
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Optic Subwoof
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Concentrate
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Courtney Faye Taylor Winner of the 2021 Cave Canem Poetry Prize, selected by Rachel Eliza GriffithsIn her virtuosic debut, Courtney Faye Taylor explores the under-told history of the... Best-SellersBooks
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Blackspace
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July 14th EVENT: Girls That Never Die
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To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness
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The Blacker the Berry
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For Colored Girls
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Girls That Never Die
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Good Woman
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Killing Poetry
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Gossypiin
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The How
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Inheritance
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The Sobbing School
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I Remember Death by Its Proximity to What I Love
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The New Negro Aesthetic
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