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Voyage of the Sable Venus

Robin Coste Lewis’s *Voyage of the Sable Venus* is a powerful poetry collection exploring the depiction of Black female...

Black American NBA Ekphrastic

9.2 Excellent

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Olio

Tyehimba Jess’s *Olio* is a 2016 poetry collection exploring the lives and legacies of Black musicians within American m...

Black History American Pulitzer

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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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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Annie Allen

Gwendolyn Brooks’ Annie Allen (1949) is a landmark poetry collection exploring the experiences of a young Black woman gr...

Black Classic American Pulitzer

8.9 Great

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The Dream of a Common Language

Adrienne Rich’s 1978 collection, *The Dream of a Common Language*, offers a powerful examination of gender, power, and i...

Classic American Feminist Queer

8.9 Great

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The Tradition

The Tradition is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry collection by Trudier Harris. It explores themes of Black American iden...

Black American Queer Pulitzer

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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Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

Ocean Vuong’s *Night Sky with Exit Wounds* is a powerful poetry collection examining themes of inherited trauma, familia...

American Contemporary Collection Poetry

8.7 Great

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And Still I Rise

Maya Angelou’s “And Still I Rise” is a powerful poetry collection examining themes of resilience, identity, and the Blac...

Black Lyric American Popular

8.7 Great

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Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988-2000

Lucille Clifton’s *Blessing the Boats* (2000) is a collection of poems spanning from 1988 to 2000. The work explores the...

Black American NBA Selected

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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The Bean Eaters

Gwendolyn Brooks’ *The Bean Eaters* offers a powerful look at Black experiences in Chicago during the mid-20th century....

Black Lyric Classic American

8.6 Great

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Coal

Audre Lorde’s Coal is a 1976 poetry collection marking a significant moment in American literature. The work explores th...

Black Classic American Feminist

8.6 Great

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Lighthead

Terrance Hayes’ *Lighthead* (2010) is a poetry collection exploring themes of identity, memory, and cultural inheritance...

Black Lyric American NBA

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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Please

Jericho Brown’s *Please* is a 2007 poetry collection exploring themes of black identity, queer experience, and profound...

Black American Queer Debut

8.1 Great

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The New Testament

The New Testament is a 2014 poetry collection by American poet Jericho Brown that won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for...

Black Lyric American Queer

8.0 Great

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[insert] boy is a 2014 poetry collection by American poet Danez Smith that explores Blackness, queerness, and trauma, wi...

Black American Queer Debut

7.9 Good