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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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Trilce

César Vallejo’s *Trilce*, published in 1922, is a significant avant-garde poetry collection exploring themes of sufferin...

Avant Garde Experimental Peruvian 1922

9.2 Excellent

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Dictee

Dictee is a 1982 experimental novel and poetry collection by Korean-American artist and writer Theresa Hak Kyung Cha. Th...

20TH Century Experimental Korean American Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

9.2 Excellent

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Spring and All

William Carlos Williams’ *Spring and All* (1923) is a significant modernist poetry collection exploring themes of nature...

Classic American Modernist Experimental

9.1 Excellent

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DMZ Colony

DMZ Colony is a 2020 poetry collection by Korean-American author Don Mee Choi that explores the devastating legacy of th...

War 2020S Korean American National Book Award

9.0 Excellent

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Trilogy

H.D.’s Trilogy, published between 1944 and 1946, is a significant poetry collection exploring themes of wartime experien...

Classic Modernist War Mythic

8.9 Great

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Look

Look offers a stark collection of poems exploring themes of American experience and the impact of war through precise la...

Language American War Debut

8.9 Great

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Tender Buttons

Tender Buttons is a 1914 collection of prose poetry by American writer Gertrude Stein. The work is divided into three se...

American Modernist 20TH Century Experimental

8.9 Great

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My Life by Lyn Hejinian

Lyn Hejinian’s *My Life* is a substantial poetry collection exploring memory, identity, and the nature of narrative. The...

American Collection Experimental Postmodern

8.8 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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The Collected Works of Billy the Kid

"The Collected Works of Billy the Kid" is a 1970 poetry collection by Canadian author Michael Ondaatje, who later wrote...

Canadian Hybrid Experimental Outlaw

8.8 Great

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Eye Level

Eye Level is the 2018 debut poetry collection by American poet Jenny Xie. The book explores themes of displacement, urba...

Travel American 2010S Jenny Xie

8.8 Great

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The White Book

The White Book is a 2016 literary work by South Korean author Han Kang that blends elements of prose, poetry, and essay....

Korean Hybrid Grief 2010S

8.8 Great

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Calligrammes

Calligrammes is a 1918 book of poetry by the French writer Guillaume Apollinaire. The full title, Calligrammes: Poems of...

French Early 20TH Century War Apollinaire

8.6 Great

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Three Poems

Three Poems is a collection of long, prose-based poetry published by American poet John Ashbery in 1972. The book compri...

20TH Century Experimental Ashbery New York School

8.6 Great

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Glass, Irony and God

Glass, Irony and God is a 1995 poetry collection by the Canadian poet and classicist Anne Carson. The book is known for...

Lyric Canadian 20TH Century Experimental

8.6 Great

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Magical Negro

Magical Negro is a 2019 poetry collection by American author Morgan Parker. The book explores themes of Black identity,...

Black American 2010S Morgan Parker

8.6 Great

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When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities

When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities is the 2017 debut poetry collection by Chinese American poet...

American Queer 2010S Asian American

8.4 Great

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Engine Empire

Engine Empire is a 2012 poetry collection by the Korean-American author Cathy Park Hong. The book is structured as a the...

History 21ST Century Experimental Korean American

8.0 Great

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Chromosomory

Chromosomory is a 2010 poetry chapbook by Oglala Lakota writer Layli Long Soldier, published before her acclaimed first...

American Indigenous Experimental 2010S

7.4 Good