Poetry

In this striking anthology 40 poets from the Soul Sister Revue reading series, including Evie Shockley, Hanif Abdurraqib, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Cathy Linh Che, José Olivarez, and Patricia Smith, commemorate culture, Motown, and community, while...

soul poet: a book of fascinating micro-stories written in free verse, sonnets, and haiku-from an African American perspective. This journey begins with free verse, leading off with the Billy Collins-esque "King Étagère," and followed by poems like the...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Emily Jones Hudson was born and raised in Hazard, Kentucky. She graduated from Berea College in 1978 with a degree in English and went on to work as a reporter and women's editor for a weekly newspaper in Indianapolis. She worked as a...

Here's your invitation to join a literary as well as a personal relationship with the deeply insightful and profoundly expressive perspectives of Regina Diane Jemison. As you encounter these soul-stirring pieces, you may imagine listening to one of God's...

Here's your invitation to join a literary as well as a personal relationship with the deeply insightful and profoundly expressive perspectives of Regina Diane Jemison. As you encounter these soul-stirring pieces, you may imagine listening to one of God's...

Sonnets from My Soul is a collection of inspirational poems by Michelle Taylor-Jones, who has been writing in secret for decades. In this first edition, titled At Peace, Michelle shares some of her favorite sonnets on the subjects of courage, love,...

World renowned performer and top-selling author and two-time National Slam Poetry Champion, Anis Mojgani has combed through out-of-print editions to put together Songs From Under the River, a best-of collection for his third Write Bloody release. Popular...

The son of a white woman and an "African Prince," George Polgreen Bridgetower (1780-1860) travels to Vienna to meet "bad-boy" genius Ludwig van Beethoven. The great composer's subsequent sonata is originally dedicated to the young mulatto, but George,...

Spanning religious, historical, and political themes, the seventh collection from the award-winning poet I think now more than halfOf life is death but I can't dieEnough for all the life I see In Sometimes I Never Suffered, his seventh collection of...

Spanning religious, historical, and political themes, a new collection from the award-winning poet I think now more than halfOf life is death but I can't dieEnough for all the life I see In Sometimes I Never Suffered, his seventh collection of poems,...

In her second poetry collection, something sweet & filled with blood, melissa christine goodrum demonstrates a growing talent. Drawing from her experience in a musical family, a deep well of feeling, and expansive knowledge of art and art history, she...

A resonant new collection on love and persistence from the author of The Big Smoke, a finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize The poems in Adrian Matejka's newest and fifth collection, Somebody Else Sold the World, meditate on the...