Poetry Public
Created and curated by Josh Simmons
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You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson
4 stars
You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson is a queer, political, and feminist collection guided by self-reflection.
The poems …
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Gardening secrets of the dead by Lee Herrick
Memory, history, family, the future: these are the preoccupations of Lee Herrick's Gardening Secrets of the Dead.
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"A collection of haiku and drawings by that hack Jon Kudelka." A collection of 35 illustrated haiku. Saddle stitched, A6.
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Scar and Flower by Lee Herrick
These poems, alternately gritty and transcendent, find the spirit in our stark, hardscrabble lives."This is an incredible, luminous and most …
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Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea by Nikki Giovanni
When Nikki Giovanni's poems first emerged during the Civil Rights and Black Arts Movements of the 1960s, she immediately took …
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In a career that has spanned more than a quarter century, Nikki Giovanni has earned the reputation as one of …
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Layering joy and urgent defiance—against physical and cultural erasure, against white supremacy whether intangible or graven in stone—Trethewey’s work gives …
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In a career that has earned her accolades, honorary degrees, and awards from both fellow poets and everyday poetry lovers, …
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1919 by Eve L. Ewing
The Chicago Race Riot of 1919, the most intense of the riots comprising the nation’s Red Summer, has shaped the …
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Blood Dazzler by Patricia Smith
In minute-by-minute detail, Patricia Smith tracks Hurricane Katrina as it transforms into a full-blown mistress of destruction. From August 23, …
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Half of the world in light by Juan Felipe Herrera (Camino del sol)
For nearly four decades, Juan Felipe Herrera has documented his experience as a Chicano in the United States and Latin …
