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This powerful memoir from a #1 New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Medalist features poetry, letters, recipes, and other personal artifacts that provide an intimate look into his life and the loved ones he shares it with. In a powerfully intimate and non-traditional (or "new-fashioned") memoir, Kwame Alexander shares snapshots of a man learning how to love. He takes us through stories of his parents: from being awkward newlyweds in the sticky Chicago summer of 1967, to the sometimes-confusing ways they showed their love to each other, and for him.

A remarkable poetry collection from Clint Smith, the #1 New York Times bestselling and National Book Critics Circle award-winning author of How the Word Is Passed. Clint Smith's vibrant and compelling new collection traverses the vast emotional terrain of fatherhood, and explores how becoming a parent has recalibrated his sense of the world. There are poems that interrogate the ways our lives are shaped by both personal lineages and historical institutions.

Longlisted for the 2023 National Book Award for Poetry. "Where are you from...No - where are you from from?" It's a question every Asian American gets asked as part of an incessant chorus saying you'll never belong here, you're a perpetual foreigner, you'll always be seen as an alien, an object, or a threat. Monica Youn's From From brilliantly evokes the conflicted consciousness of deracination.

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by LitHub A new collection of vivid, personal and provocative work from the author of Or to Begin Again, a finalist for the 2009 National Book Award in poetry In Ann Lauterbach's eleventh collection, the image of a Door recurs across several poems, as she considers the perpetual dialogue between what is open and what is shut for each of us.

Winner of the American Book Award, the Palestine Book Award and Arrowsmith Press's 2023 Derek Walcott Poetry Prize. National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry Finalist. "Written from his native Gaza, Abu Toha's accomplished debut contrasts scenes of political violence with natural beauty." - The New York Times. In this poetry debut Mosab Abu Toha writes about his life under siege in Gaza, first as a child, and then as a young father.

A breathtaking poetry collection on hope, heart, and heritage from the most prominent and promising Black poets and writers of our time, edited by Why Fathers Cry at Night author and #1 New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander. In this comprehensive and vibrant poetry anthology, bestselling author and poet Kwame Alexander curates a collection of contemporary anthems at turns tender and piercing and deeply inspiring throughout. Featuring work from well-loved poets such as Rita Dove, Jericho Brown, Warsan Shire, Ross Gay, Tracy K.

A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson. In this semi-autobiographical collection of poems, Renée Watson writes about her experience growing up as a young Black girl at the intersections of race, class, and gender. Using a variety of poetic forms, from haiku to free verse, Watson shares recollections of her childhood in Portland, tender odes to the Black women in her life, and urgent calls for Black girls to step into their power.

"A rich, thoughtful anthology exploring centuries of Black poetry." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "This deep and complex assemblage of Black poetry culminates in a joyful, painful, and emotionally rich experience." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) "An eclectic mix of Black experiences fills this unmatched anthology that features both modern poets, such as Nikki Giovanni and Ibi Zoboi, and 'the brilliant Black poets who are now ancestors'...

La poésie de Louis-Thomas Plamondon marque un temps d'arrêt de beauté et d'existence. Les portages de Louis-Thomas Plamondon, à pas feutrés dans le brouillard, les plaines et les sentiers de branches, dissimulent des moments de présences au monde aigées et sculpturales. Se porter, c'est s'élever, se tenir éveillé et attentif aux instants de grâce.

Depuis des millénaires, nos rapports au monde et aux autres sont déterminés par les histoires que nous échangeons, celles que nous nous transmettons d'une génération à l'autre, celles que nous oublions, refoulons ou nions, celles qui se font à l'instant même. L'écriture travaille à rétablir les liens qui nous lient au vivant; à la fois, aux êtres et à la terre, au territoire. Ce faisant, il se produit des choses étonnantes, des clartés et des ouvertures qui nous tirent vers le monde et nous y incluent, qui nous mettent au monde - à condition d'être attentif.