Collection: Poetry

  An unflinching, honest novel in verse about a teenager's journey into the slam poetry scene and the dangerous new relationship that could threaten all...

A powerful mediation on Blackness, beauty, faith, and the force of law, from the beloved award-winning author of Digest and Air Traffic   Elegant, profound, and intoxicating-- Spectral Evidence,...

An inspirational roadmap to changing yourself--and the world--through self-healing, transformation, and decolonization from artist, poet, and changemaker Jezz Chung. Artist, poet, and activist Jezz Chung...

Imperial Liquor is a chronicle of melancholy, a reaction to the monotony of racism. These poems concern loneliness, fear, fatigue, rage, and love; they hold fatherhood...

In Elektrik, eight women writers from Haiti, Martinique, and Guadeloupe come together to explore, in poetry and prose, the complex nature of Caribbean existence. A single...

A poetic, heartwarming ode to the small, defining moments of a boy's life, by a brilliant new debut and a Caldecott Honoree. For fans of Last...

Beautyis a fat black womanwalking the fieldspressing a breezedhibiscusto her cheekwhile the sun lights upher feet   Nichols gives us images that stare us straight...

Spanning time, styles, and traditions, a dazzling collection of essential works from 140 Latine writers, scholars, and activists from across the world--from warrior poet Audre...

From the celebrated poet behind bone, a collection of poems that tells a story of coming-of-age, uncovering the cruelty and beauty of the world, going under,...

Inspired by The Wiz, this debut, full-length poetry collection celebrates South Side Chicago and a Black woman's quest for self-discovery--one that pulls her away from the...

Daughter is a memoir-style collection of poems and essays by model and poet Ebonee Davis that form the narrative of what it looked like for a...

This moving collection of poems from the Booker Prize–winning author finds strength and hope while reflecting on the complex issues that have plagued Africa.First published...

With a powerful introduction by Ross Gay and a moving afterword by Sidney Clifton, this special anniversary edition of The Book of Light offers new meditations and insights...

"The people in these photographs had no walls up. They just accepted me and permitted me to take their photographs without any self-consciousness." --Roy DeCarava...

The New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Delights and Inciting Joy shares this new chronicle of small, daily wonders--and it is exactly the book we need in these...

Poemhood: Our Black Revival — History, Folklore & the Black Experience: A Young Adult Poetry Anthology This powerful, breathtaking Black YA poetry anthology edited by Amber McBride,...

An award-winning author presents a portrait of Black America in the nineteenth century Over the course of two decades, award-winning poet Patricia Smith has amassed...

The beloved New York Times bestselling author of Heart Talk, hailed as "the poet of her generation" (Time), charts a path away from exhaustion and endless crises and...

  In the powerful follow up to her critically acclaimed debut collection, poet and activist Fariha Róisín is writing, praying, clawing, and scratching her way...

  Inspired by the cleansing water often used in spiritual baths, Florida Water is an ode to the myriad ways a poem can rinse, reflect, reveal, and...

In this poignant, timely collection, the renowned Booker Prize-winning author evokes the magic of nature and the urgency of protecting our environment. Twenty thousand years...

In I Wonder as I Wander, Langston Hughes vividly recalls the most dramatic and intimate moments of his life in the turbulent 1930s. His wanderlust leads...

Third title to the critically received and nationally-recognized poet Yesika Salgado. Hermosa is the path to becoming one's own home. A thread pulled when Salgado...

Winner, Publishing Triangle Award for Trans and Gender Variant Literature; American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book What can we hope for at the end of...