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Citizen: An American Lyric

Citizen is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry collection by Claudia Rankine. The work explores systemic racism in America t...

American Hybrid Race Award

9.2 Excellent

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WHEREAS

Layli Long Soldier’s *WHEREAS* examines the complexities of historical and contemporary relationships between the U.S. g...

American Indigenous Experimental Award

9.2 Excellent

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Don't Call Us Dead

“Don’t Call Us Dead” is a poetry collection by Danez Smith exploring themes of Black queer life and survival. The work...

Black American Queer Award

9.1 Excellent

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Human Poems

César Vallejo’s *Human Poems* is a significant collection of poetry published posthumously in 1939. The work, translated...

Avant Garde Political Peruvian Posthumous

9.1 Excellent

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Another Time

W.H. Auden’s *Another Time* (1940) offers a significant collection of modernist British poetry. The volume contains infl...

Modernist British Political 1940

9.1 Excellent

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Canto General

Pablo Neruda’s Canto General is a monumental poetic work chronicling the history of Chile and the broader American conti...

Classic Epic Political Chilean

9.0 Excellent

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Incendiary Art

Incendiary Art is a collection of black American poetry exploring themes of social justice and political unrest. The wor...

Black American Political Award

9.0 Excellent

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Averno

Louise Glück’s Averno examines themes of loss, memory, and the natural world through a reimagining of the Greek myth con...

Lyric American Mythic Award

8.9 Great

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Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Night Sky with Exit Wounds is a debut poetry collection by American poet, Victoria Chang. The work explores themes of fa...

American Queer Debut Award

8.9 Great

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American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin

This collection of sonnets by Terrance Hayes explores themes of race, identity, and violence within the American context...

American Political Sonnets Award

8.9 Great

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Obit

“Obit” is a poetry collection by Viet Le. The work explores themes of loss and remembrance through the lens of Asian Ame...

American Grief Asian American Award

8.9 Great

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Dunce

Dunce is a collection of American contemporary poems by James Harber. Noted for its experimental form and challenging su...

American Contemporary Experimental Award

8.8 Great

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Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude

“Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude” is a poetry collection by Ross Gay exploring themes of appreciation and connection to t...

Nature American Gratitude Award

8.7 Great

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The Renunciations

“The Renunciations” is a poetry collection by Casey Jacobsen exploring themes of grief and identity through a distinctly...

American Grief Queer Award

8.7 Great

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Blood Dazzler

Blood Dazzler is a poetry collection exploring themes of Black American experience and social justice. The work confront...

Black American Political Hurricane

8.7 Great

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Dancing in Odessa

Ilya Kaminsky’s *Dancing in Odessa* presents a lyric poetry collection exploring themes of memory and displacement. This...

Lyric Memory Debut Ukrainian American

8.6 Great

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Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah

Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah is a collection of poems by Black American poet, Shane Bauer. The work explores themes of rac...

Black Music American Award

8.6 Great

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Wintering Out

Seamus Heaney’s “Wintering Out,” published in 1972, explores the complexities of the Northern Irish conflict through int...

20TH Century Political Irish 1972

8.6 Great

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An Atlas of the Difficult World

Adrienne Rich’s *An Atlas of the Difficult World* (1991) is a powerful poetry collection examining American society thro...

American Political Rich Feminist

8.6 Great

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Homegirls and Handgrenades

Homegirls and Handgrenades is a 1984 poetry collection by American poet Sonia Sanchez, noted for its innovative use of b...

American Political Black Arts Award

7.9 Good