Poetry

In settings as various as a patio in Arizona, the bistros and boulevards of Paris, the sun-drenched pyramids of Mexico--and directly from the Greek myth itself--Rita Dove explores this relationship and the dilemma of letting go.

Encompassing America's African-American landscape and rich oral histories of the South, this poetry collection centers on the concept of home and explores conflicts between black and white, North and South, ancestral and modern.

A mosaic of interrelated stories exploding with personality, myth, and geohistorical weight, Morning in Serra Mattu is a profound, joyful meditation on life in modern Sudan. Arif Gamal seamlessly blends large-scale political realities with the local and...

"[Trethewey's poems] dig beneath the surface of history--personal or communal, from childhood or from a century ago--to explore the human struggles that we all face." --James H. Billington, 13th Librarian of Congress Layering joy and urgent...

This volume of work is an unrequited reflection of the joys and pains from life's lessons and loves lost. It is a journey from the corner of my soul to the bottom of my heart through the corridors of my mind then back again. I want to share the story of...

Welcome to the world... A combination of modern technologies plus social commentary. A place where life is a little biased and conversations are concise and cute. Not deep and impactful and with no real change. A place where things that matter aren't...

When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Better yet, who do you see? Do you see yourself or someone else?In this adventurous book of poetry, Jordan Wells shares with you a collection of poems from a span of ten years; from his High School and...

As women of color continue to move up the social ladder, challenging the odds and resisting all stereotypes, T.L. Skinner presents a poetry book that will inspire women to love themselves for who they are. As time continues to tick by and women are...

In his debut collection, Kelvin Parker documents the pendulum swing from loss to love, trauma to triumph, and oppression to opportunity, the repetitious movement that has come to define Black life in America. Offering reflections on history, scholarship,...

"These are wide-ranging Whitmanesque poems--self-aware meditations that rap and jazz their way forward, talk back, backtrack, and scratch so hard they blow out the speakers with their complicated love for a huge cast of icons, from Pam Grier to Flavor...

Make it Shine! is a celebration and appreciation of language diversity and poetic forms such as dub-wise and narrative poetry poised for performance. The reader becomes engaged through the rhythms of speech and humour whilst identifying with a character...