Poetry

Asemsebe is a Ghanaian word which roughly translates to "words of wisdom," or "philosophical debate." What follows is a collection of poems, soliloquies, and prose intended to tickle dormant ears deep within the human psyche. It is an invitation to...

Asemsebe is a Ghanaian word which roughly translates to "words of wisdom," or "philosophical debate." What follows is a collection of poems, soliloquies, and prose intended to tickle dormant ears deep within the human psyche. It is an invitation to...

A hopeful, music-infused poetry collection from Congolese poet Alain Mabanckou. These compelling poems by novelist and essayist Alain Mabanckou conjure nostalgia for an African childhood where the fauna, flora, sounds, and smells evoke snapshots of a...

As iZ is a tripartite lyric (Pharmacy, To Market and Library), a multi-prong investigation into the relationship between the West and East, the entangled networks among Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and the dynamics among Islamic practices and...

As I Ascend is an unforgettable collection of poems about love, race, and all things in between from Sina Hilbert in her book debut.In As I Ascend, Sina not only gives readers an intimate, unfiltered look into her own experiences with romantic love and...

Aortic Chaos: Sorrows of the Hopeless Romantic is for: The lover who believes in the existence of true love. A person such as this has the ability to love in the highest of places, but also the darkest of hearts. Sometimes knowing it's not good for...

Patricia Franklin, born in Prescott, Arkansas and raised in the little county town in Antoine, Arkansas. Mother of three wonderful children, grandmother of eleven and great-grandmother of two. In the earlier part of my life, I've always loved to write...

The poems that make up Anodyne consider the small moments that enrapture us alongside the daily threats of cataclysm. Formally dynamic and searingly personal, Anodyne asks us to recognize the echoes of history that litter the landscape of our bodies as...

This is not just another poetry anthology. It is a gathering of poems that demonstrate what happens when writers in a marginalized community collectively turn from dedicating their writing to political, social, and economic struggles, and instead devote...

In his new poems, as before, but with a new mixture of modes, Hayden takes up, celebrates, and contends with the history of his people. He is involved with his Black Americanness, without being confined by it. The famous story elements can be found here...

An occasion to celebrate: a new collection by the Pulitzer Prize-winning former poet laureate; her first since On the Bus with Rosa Parks. With the grace of an Astaire, Rita Dove's magnificent poems pay homage to our kaleidoscopic cultural heritage; from...