Last Updated: March 14, 2024
Time is a Mother
by Ocean Vuong
Time Is a Mother moves outward and onward, in concert with the themes of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, as Vuong continues, through his work, his profound exploration of personal trauma, of what it means to be the product of an American war in America, and how to circle these fragmented tragedies to find not a restoration, but the epicenter of the break.
The Selected Works of Audre Lorde
edited and with an introduction by Roxane Gay
A definitive selection of prose and poetry from the self-described “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,” for a new generation of readers. Audre Lorde is an unforgettable voice in twentieth-century literature, one of the first to center the experiences of black, queer women.
A magnificent selection of fifty poems to celebrate three-term US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s fifty years as a poet.
American Melancholy
by Joyce Carol Oates
The first poetry collection in twenty-five years by the National Book Award-winning author observes the human heart and mind while exploring subjects ranging from politics and racism to poverty and loss.
Virgin
by Analicia Sotelo
Selected by Ross Gay as winner of the inaugural Jake Adam York Prize, Analicia Sotelo’s debut collection of poems is a vivid portrait of the artist as a young woman.
Home Body
by Rupi Kaur
Home Body is a collection of raw, honest conversations with oneself – reminding readers to fill up on love, acceptance, community, family, and embrace change. Illustrated by the author, themes of nature and nurture, light and dark, rest here.
Such Color: New and Selected Poems
by Tracy K. Smith
Collects the best poems from the author’s award-winning books, along with new poems that confront America’s historical and contemporary racism and injustices while urging us toward love as a resistance to everything that impedes it.