Poetry genre books (105)
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Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head : Poems by Warsan Shire EN
SomaliaDescription:
Poems of migration, womanhood, trauma, and resilience from the celebrated collaborator on Beyoncé’s Lemonade and Black Is King, award-winning Somali British poet Warsan Shire “The beautifully crafted poems in this collection are fiercely tender gifts.”—Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist “Shire is the real thing—fresh, cutting, indisputably alive.”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times Mama, I made it / out of your home / alive, raised by / the voices / in my head. With her first full-length poetry collection, Warsan Shire introduces us to a young girl, who, in the absence of a nurturing guide, mak... continue
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Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A New York Times Bestseller and National Book Award Winner Jacqueline Woodson, the acclaimed author of Red at the Bone, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child’s soul as she searches for... continue
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By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
Elizabeth Smart’s passionate fictional account of her intense love-affair with the poet George Barker, described by Angela Carter as ‘Like MADAME BOVARY blasted by lightning ... A masterpiece’.
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Calling a Wolf a Wolf : Poems by Kaveh Akbar EN
IranDescription:
Addiction. Recovery. Repeat. Akbar blazes the poetry scene with this introspective, powerful and passionate debut.
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Catrachos : Poems by Roy G. Guzmán EN
Country: North America / 
Honduras
Honduras
Description:
The breathtaking debut collection from one of America’s most inventive new poets A name for the people of Honduras, Catrachos is a term of solidarity and resilience. In these unflinching, riveting poems, Roy G. Guzmán reaches across borders—between life and death and between countries—invoking the voices of the lost. Part immigration narrative, part elegy, and part queer coming-of-age story, Catrachos finds its own religion in fantastic figures such as the X-Men, pop singers, and the “Queerodactyl,” which is imagined in a series of poems as a dinosaur sashaying in the shadow of an oncoming com... continue
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Cel mai mare Gulliver by Gellu Naum RO
RomaniaDescription:
Eroul lui Gellu Naum vrea sa creasca. Dar cine n-ar dori „sa aiba pasul mare, ca sa umble mai putin"? Si cine n-ar vrea sa fie „inalt cat o casa cu noua etaje"? Intrucat rostul povestilor e acela de a deschide o fereastra catre iesirea din comun, in povestea pe care o vei citi se petrece un miracol eroului i se implineste dorinta ca prin farmec, si creste, si tot creste pana cand nimeni nu-i mai ajunge la nas, oricate prajini ar folosi si indiferent ce dimensiuni ar avea ele. Nu spun mai mult (fiindca n-as vrea sa rezum, vreau doar sa te invit in carte), ca sa iti las pla... continue
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Celebrations : Rituals of Peace and Prayer by Maya Angelou EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
"Celebrations is a collection of timely and timeless poems that are an integral part of the global fabric. Several works have become nearly as iconic as Angelou herself: the inspiring 'On the Pulse of Morning', read at President William Jefferson Clinton's 1993 inauguration; the heartening 'Amazing Peace, ' presented at the 2005 lighting of the National Christmas Tree at the White House; 'A Brave and Startling Truth, ' which marked the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations; and 'Mother, ' which beautifully honors the first woman in our lives. Angelou writes of celebrations public and priv... continue
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Citizen : An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
"Claudia Rankine's bold new book recounts mounting racial aggressions in ongoing encounters in twenty-first-century daily life and in the media. In essay, image, and poetry, Citizen is a powerful testament to the individual and collective effects of racism in our contemporary, often named 'post-race' society."-
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Coconut Milk by Dan Taulapapa McMullin EN
SamoaDescription:
Coconut Milk is the first book-length collection of poems by contemporary queer Samoan writer and painter Dan Taulapapa McMullin. His poems humorously attack cultural appropriation, gender, and the hypocrisies of Western influence in Oceania today. Pulling at the stereotype of a beautiful Polynesia available for the taking, his poems challenge and carve out new avenues of meaning for Pacific Islanders.