Collection: Poetry

Limited red colored vinyl LP pressing. First reissue of this powerful blend of funk, soul, & poetry. "What does it mean to be a Black...

Limited blue colored vinyl LP pressing. First reissue of this powerful blend of funk, soul, & poetry. "I wonder what it takes to be a...

Limited opaque colored vinyl LP pressing. First reissue of this powerful blend of funk, soul, & poetry. "Listen, the great Nikki Giovanni was protected. Inside...

In this innovative work of self-portraiture and poetry, Reprise looks at 2020 with an overarching question: what does it mean to grapple with an America that has...

"One of her best collections to date." --EssenceQuilting the Black-Eyed Pea is a tour de force from Nikki Giovanni, one of the most powerful voices in...

The Bronx born activist and poet Roya Marsh returns with a riveting exploration of Black joy, collective action, and healing. what will come of what...

When Nikki Giovanni's poems first emerged from the Black Rights Movement in the late 1960s, she immediately took a place among the most celebrated and...

In her legendary career, artist and activist Nikki Giovanni has established herself as a writer who can entertain and challenge, and a voice for social...

Brimming with music, bursting with flora, the poems in Valencia Robin's second collection are both a walking tour of local neighborhoods and a journey into...

Help your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography about writer, poet, and Civil Rights activist Maya Angelou. Little Golden Book biographies...

Nikki Giovanni’s extraordinary new collection—a landmark of American literature—speaks to the fury of our current political moment while reflecting on the tragedies and triumphs of...

Out of this collection of twenty-two interviews spanning two decades rises the distinctive voice of "the princess of black poetry." Nikki Giovanni entered the literary...

  From one of America's most cherished and celebrated poets, a landmark collection of Nikki Giovanni's early work!  “Nikki Giovanni is one of our national...

In this electrifying debut poetry collection--written with the ferocity of Rita Dove's groundbreaking Thomas and Beulah--a critically acclaimed award-winning talent explores a wide range of...

  The poems in this volume were chosen by Hughes himself shortly before his death in 1967 and encompass work from his entire career. His...

Thirty years after its original publication, this newly imagined edition brings the work and musings of fifteen Black literary luminaries in conversation with a new...

Hawk is a magnificent long-form poem analogizing flight into space with freedom. First published in 1957, these new editions mark the first time Hawk is widely...

"Why settle for ordinary? Ride a 'chicken bus' in Guatemala!" ― Kirkus Reviews   Hop aboard for an exciting bus ride! From a Guatemalan village...

Short-listed for the Forward Prize for Best Collection A new collection of poetry inspired by the work of Agnes Martin, exploring topics of feminism, art,...

★ 2020 Ezra Jack Keats Award Winner for Illustration★ 2020 Ezra Jack Keats Honor for Writing★ A Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book...

The striking sophomore poetry collection from the award-winning author of the "beautiful, vulnerable, honest" (Ross Gay, New York Times bestselling author) I Can't Talk About the Trees Without...

Ocean Vuong returns with a big-hearted novel about chosen family, unexpected friendship, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive One late summer...

A visionary anthology that examines and reimagines the archive as a form of collective record-keeping, featuring work by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Douglas Kearney, Brenda Shaughnessy, Mahogany L....