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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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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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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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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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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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The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde

Published in 1997 by W. W. Norton, this compilation gathers the complete poetry of Audre Lorde, spanning her career from...

Black American Feminist Collected

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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Good Woman

"Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980" is a literary collection by the American poet Lucille Clifton, published in 1...

Black American 1980S Selected

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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On the Bus with Rosa Parks

On the Bus with Rosa Parks is a 1999 poetry collection by American poet Rita Dove, who served as U.S. Poet Laureate from...

Black History American 1990S

8.7 Great

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The Book of Light

The Book of Light is Lucille Clifton's 1993 poetry collection addressing bigotry, faith, mythology, and the 1985 police...

Black American 1990S Spiritual

8.7 Great