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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

9.20 Excellent

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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

9.16 Excellent

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The Heights of Macchu Picchu

The Heights of Macchu Picchu is a book-length poem sequence written by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, first published in 194...

Epic 20TH Century Political Chilean

9.15 Excellent

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The Shield of Achilles

The Shield of Achilles is a 1955 poetry collection by the British-American poet W.H. Auden, which won the National Book...

20TH Century British Political National Book Award

9.14 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

9.08 Excellent

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Prometheus Unbound

Prometheus Unbound is a four-act lyrical drama by English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, published in 1820. Unlike...

Romantic Shelley British Political

9.06 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

9.05 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

9.05 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

9.02 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

8.95 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

8.92 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

8.89 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

8.88 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

8.87 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

8.81 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

8.72 Great

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Responsibilities and Other Poems

Published in 1916 by the Macmillan Company, this collection gathers W. B. Yeats's poetry from his middle period, includi...

Modernist 20TH Century Political Irish

8.69 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

8.66 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

8.66 Great

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Homegirls and Handgrenades

Homegirls and Handgrenades is a poetry collection published in 1984 by American writer Sonia Sanchez. The work is notabl...

American Political Black Arts Award

7.94 Good