Collection: Poetry

  In the vein of Grown and The Poet X, Hannah V. Sawyerr's All the Fighting Parts is a searing and defiant young adult novel in verse about reclaiming agency...

In formal and non-traditional poems, award-winning poet Ashley M. Jones calls for long-overdue reparations to the Black descendants of enslaved people in the United States...

Selected by Amaud Jamaul Johnson for the 2023 Jake Adam York Prize, Yalie Saweda Kamara's Besaydoo is an elegantly wrought love song to home--as place, as people,...

Adapted from her adult memoir, this is the autobiography of Coretta Scott King--wife of Martin Luther King, Jr., founder of the Martin Luther King, Jr....

This powerful picture book introduces young readers to a key event in the struggle for Civil Rights. Winner, Coretta Scott King Honor Award.In 1963 Birmingham,...

  A wild, seductive debut collection that presents a powerful journey of struggle and healing--and a spellbinding brew of folklore, movies, music, and ritual. "Draw...

A fiery second collection of poetry from the acclaimed Indigenous New Zealand writer that U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo calls, "One of the most startling...

  The American debut of an acclaimed young poet as she explores her identity as a twenty-first-century Indigenous woman. Poem by poem, Tibble carves out...

A long-awaited, comprehensive collection of renowned poet and performance artist Jayne Cortez's poetry. Like the jazz rhythms that inspired and punctuated her practice, Jayne Cortez...

A ten-day suspension has tweens De'Kari and Ebony seeing the world with a fresh perspective. Don't miss this poignant novel in verse from the award-winning...

Encompassing the breadth of Cheryl Boyce-Taylor's astounding career, The Limitless Heart is a time capsule of the boundless love, care, grief, and fortitude that make her work...

NYT Bestselling Author, Frederick Joseph, explores a new genre in this captivating poetry collection that seeks to find joy in moments of difficulty whether through...

To make the right decisions for your future, you must maintain a connection to your past. In her debut book, podcaster, priestess, and all-around badass...

A deeply personal meditation on and around modern Black expression, curated by the acclaimed London-based designer This volume, Grace Wales Bonner: Dream in the Rhythm--Visions of...

A searing debut YA poetry and essay collection about a Black cancer patient who faces medical racism after being diagnosed with leukemia in their early...

A collection of prayer, poetry, and spiritual practice centering the Black interior lives, from the New York Times bestselling author of This Here Flesh and creator of Black Liturgies"A...

Black Pastoral explores the complex duality of Black peoples' past and present relationship with nature. It surveys the ways in which our histories (both Black...

One of Literary Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2023 A preeminent voice in contemporary literature, Major Jackson offers steady miracles of vision and celebrations of...

Published in association with the Library of Congress and edited by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate of the United States, a singular collection of poems reflecting...

  A poignant and rousing debut book of poetry from the acclaimed, best-selling author of the novel Nightcrawling, also the former Youth Poet Laureate of Oakland, CA ...

From National Book Award finalist Amber McBride, a mystical, transcendent poetry collection about Black womanhood in the American South In Thick with Trouble, award-winning poet Amber...

Author, activist, feminist, teacher, and artist bell hooks is celebrated as one of the nation's leading intellectuals. Born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, hooks drew her unique...

May you know fear but not be driven by itMay you know joy and follow it everywhereMay you know light and shine it every chance...