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American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin
Finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award in PoetryOne of the New York Times Critics’ Top Books of 2018A powerful, timely, dazzling collection of…
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IT IS THE SEEING
IT IS THE SEEING is a book of poetry written by Mississippi-born, Black lesbian author, Renita Martin. The book is a commentary on the mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual traumas…
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Martian
Winner of the 2021 Academy of American Poets James Laughlin Award A blistering exploration of America’s legacy of anti-Black violence from an indispensable poet of our timeAmerican history got you down?…
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Mulatta – Not So Tragic
Mulatta–Not So Tragic dares to reveal the liminal spaces women of color occupy on multiple socio-political planes, and under the provocative and controversial label mulatta. Through linking verses from across…
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Palm-Lined with Potience
PALM-LINED WITH POTIENCE is New York City poet and visual artist Basie Allen’s debut collection of poems. Basie’s work is by turns political and lyrical, charting both physical and emotional…
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Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea
A resonant collection of all new poems from one of America’s preeminent poets. Ever commanding, luminous, and controversial, Nikki Giovanni speaks truth to power on issues of social justice, racism,…
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Reimagine America (an anthology for the future)
As we begin to emerge from the shadows of some very dark years, having faced violent extremism, a global pandemic and the emergency of planetary decline; witnessing the collision of…