Poetry

Kinds of Grace is a poetry collection that explores the complicated facets of Blackness and Afro-Latinidad, the trials and triumphs of mental health issues and the search for love, home and self-ownership. The collection shows the power of healing racial...

Blue Exodus, Hussain Ahmed's second full-length poetry collection, was selected by Rajiv Mohabir as the winner of The 2022 Orison Poetry Prize. About the collection, Mohabir writes, "I come away with the specters of the living and passed, asking me what...

In 1984, Alexis De Veaux independently published and distributed Blue Heat. Mainstream publishing's interest in work by radical Black women was waning and De Veaux knew that she could reach women with the poems in Blue Heat directly-- and she knew they...

Unwashed is a deeply personal collection of poetry, centering on themes of growing up, loss of innocence, love, the immigrant experience, and alienation. The title of the collection is a reference to the urgency of the work. These are not romantic or...

What People Are Saying"Terrific. It sparkles and snaps like some great jazz riffs, and the personal aspect is very touching." -Sir Stephen HoughLike a good jazz player, Kevin Brown riffs with verve and muscle and without wasting a note. The entwined...

In his first collection of prose poems, Ran Walker explores the island of Oʻahu in Hawaii from the perspective of a curious tourist and admirer. These fifty poems, honoring the 50th state, explore many facets of the island, while paying homage to...

Maurice Tyree went to prison thinking that life was disposable. He came out knowing that he had a story to tell.This is his story, told through letters and poems written during and since his time in prison. An honest and reflective narrative, this...

An inspirational keepsake from the multiple award-winning writer and activist Dynamic and legendary, poet and activist Sonia Sanchez is one of the most esteemed poets in contemporary American literature. Now for her fans and new readers alike comes this...

Human civilization has come of age. Today, we enjoy unprecedented comfort and convenience compared to our predecessors a couple of centuries ago. Yet, human relationship, like animals in the wild, has largely remained primordial in nature. Regardless of...

Human civilization has come of age. Today, we enjoy unprecedented comfort and convenience compared to our predecessors a couple of centuries ago. Yet, human relationship, like animals in the wild, has largely remained primordial in nature. Regardless of...

She is, ever, on the precipice of psychosis... a pariah wading anonymously through the barren trenches of urban America. Graduation months away, she's just trying to make it out from under the suffocating dysfunction of her perilous existence. She is...

R.E. Lockett's Thin Windows is a collection of narrative poems that explores the delicate intersections of reality and fantasy. Each poem weaves a unique tale where sound and light leak into our world from other dimensions, creating vivid, immersive...