Poetry

A first poetry collection from Cave Canem fellow Nikia Chaney, this book percolates with experiment, energy, and love as the poet tackles race, poverty, aging, sexism, and more with wild insight and deft skill. Nikia Chaney sets form on fire in the...

'umi's prayer' is about love in all its forms. it is a love letter to the land and to its people. it is a love letter to self, to those who are pondering 'queerosities', to those who wake to the building of their dreams. it is both the journey and...

The relentless motions and blinding colors of lucha libre, the high-flying wrestling sport, are the arresting backdrop to Nandi Comer's collection Tapping Out. Mexican freestyle wrestling becomes the poet's lyrical motif, uncovering what is behind the...