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The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson’s collected poems represent a significant body of intensely personal and innovative verse from the 19th...

Classic American Collection 19TH Century

9.8 Brilliant

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Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass remains a pivotal work in American literature. Published in 1855, this poetry collection...

Classic American Collection 19TH Century

9.5 Brilliant

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Geography III by Elizabeth Bishop

Elizabeth Bishop’s Geography III (1976) is a significant modernist poetry collection exploring profound themes through m...

Classic American Collection Modernist

9.3 Excellent

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Life Studies by Robert Lowell

Life Studies by Robert Lowell offers intensely intimate portraits exploring family history, mental illness, and personal...

Classic American Collection Poetry

9.2 Excellent

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The Complete Poems of William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams’ *The Complete Poems* offers a comprehensive collection of the work of a pivotal figure in Ameri...

American Collection Modernist Anthology

9.2 Excellent

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Leaves of Grass

Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass remains a pivotal work in American literature. This poetry collection, notable for its ex...

Lyric Classic American Canon

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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Poems (Emily Dickinson, 1890)

Emily Dickinson’s Poems, published posthumously in 1890, represents a significant introduction of her intensely personal...

American 19TH Century Death Dickinson

9.2 Excellent

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Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror

John Ashbery’s *Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror* is a 1975 poetry collection examining themes of perception and identit...

American 1975 Ekphrastic Ashbery

9.2 Excellent

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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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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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Calling a Wolf a Wolf

Calling a Wolf a Wolf is a debut collection of American poetry exploring themes of spiritual crisis and addiction throug...

American Spiritual Addiction Debut

8.6 Great

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The Body's Question

Tracy K. Smith’s “The Body’s Question” is a debut poetry collection examining profound personal experiences through lyri...

Lyric American Debut Award

8.4 Great

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When My Brother Was an Aztec

Natalie Diaz’s *When My Brother Was an Aztec* is a debut poetry collection exploring themes of family relationships, sub...

American Family Indigenous Debut

8.3 Great

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Guillotine

Eduardo C. Corral’s *Guillotine* is a poetry collection exploring complex relationships across the American-Mexican bord...

American Contemporary Border Latinx

8.3 Great

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The Colossus and Other Poems

Sylvia Plath’s *The Colossus and Other Poems* is a significant debut collection of American poetry published in 1960. It...

Classic American Confessional Debut

8.2 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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[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

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The Yellow House on the Corner

*The Yellow House on the Corner* is a 1980 poetry collection by Rita Dove, notable for its lyrical exploration of histor...

American 20TH Century Dove Debut

7.8 Good

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Gathering the Tribes

Carolyn Forché’s 1976 debut poetry collection won the Yale Younger Poets Prize for its vivid exploration of family, heri...

American 20TH Century Debut 1976

7.7 Good