Topic_African American Poetry

"Rita Dove pulls the ultimate dance trick: she makes it look easy."—New York Times Book Review An occasion to celebrate: a new collection by the ...

One of the New York Times Book Review's 100 Notable BooksWITH AN APPENDIX OF NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED WORKFusing the personal and the political in ...

Poems that play in the sonic texture of discoursesWinner of the Guggenheim Fellowship (2016)The Little Edges is a collection of poems that extend...

“Rollins' debut is a book of dissonance, with race and women’s bodies proving two unyielding concerns throughout this four-part work. In poem aft...

James Brown. John Brown's raid. Brown v. the Topeka Board of Ed. The prizewinning author of Blue Laws meditates on all things "brown" in this pow...

NPR Best Books of 2019 Chicago Tribune Best Books of 2019 Chicago Review of Books Best Poetry Book of 2019 O Magazine Best Books by Women of Summ...

Winner of the NAACP Image Award and finalist for the 2019 Los Angeles Times Book Prize “A powerful work of lyric art.” —New York Times Book Revie...

Praise for Aracelis Girmay:"[Girmay's] every loss—she calls them estrangements—is a yearning for connection across time and place; her every frag...

Now in paperback, from the award-winning author of Jelly Roll and Book of Hours, a rich and lively gathering of highlights from the first twenty ...