Poetry
RESIGNATION
Written by Christopher, Lonely
Poetry. LGBTQIA Studies. "THE RESIGNATION meditates on the fraught relation between multitudes such as: sonnets, sexy lakes, sestinas, psychoanalysis, realistic nightgowns, Bert & Ernie's slutty leather gear, the childhood fantasy of the mother-vulture, and Puritan speech. Magnetic fields of explanation nervously masturbate in a public portal of joyously reappropriated repression.
RIOT GRRRL THING
Written by Larsen, Sara
Poetry. California Interest. Gender Studies. "To read THE RIOT GRRRL THING is to participate in what is, and can only be, the Riot Grrrl Thing--a condition of vivacious unlimiting. The brilliant Sara Larsen knows that thing firsthand; I can only know it imaginatively, linguistically, and in awed recognition of its exuberant, and it would seem ancient, power.
THOUGHT BALLOON
Written by Robinson, Kit
Poetry. California Interest. "Kit Robinson, always an observer of thoughts (not their manager), an instrumentalist of say-abilities (not the guarantor of their authenticity), has masterfully minted another fresh collection of poetry. Dedicated admirers, as well as those new to his artistry, will delight in engaging works that are clear of ideological pre-saturation.
BE WITH
Written by Gander, Forrest
Publishers Weekly Best Poetry Book of 2018 Forrest Gander's first book of poems since his Pulitzer finalist Core Samples from the World: a startling look through loss, grief, and regret into the exquisite nature of intimacy
NOT HERE
Written by Nguyen, Hieu Minh
Being queer and Asian American; families we are born into and ones we chose; nostalgia, trauma and history--all dissected fearlessly.
GOOD BONES: POEMS
Written by Smith, Maggie
Featuring "Good Bones," called "Official Poem of 2016" by Public Radio International
NATIVE GUARD
Written by Trethewey, Natasha
Growing up in the Deep South, Natasha Trethewey was never told that in her hometown of Gulfport, Mississippi, black soldiers had played a pivotal role in the Civil War. Off the coast, on Ship Island, stood a fort that had once been a Union prison housing Confederate captives.
COLLECTED POEMS OF AUDRE LORDE
Written by Lorde, Audre
A complete collection--over 300 poems--from one of this country's most influential poets.
WEDDING DRESS: MEDITATIONS ON WORD AND LIFE
Written by Howe, Fanny
Novelist and poet Howe suggests new and fruitful ways of thinking about both the artist's role and the condition of doubt. In these original meditations on bewilderment, motherhood, imagination, and art-making, Howe takes on conventional systems of belief and argues for another, brave way of proceeding.
BOOK OF LONGING
Written by Cohen, Leonard
From one of the great writers, performers, and most consistently daring artists of our time comes this eagerly awaited new collection of poems, following Cohens highly acclaimed 1984 title "Book of Mercy."
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