Poetry genre books (319)
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Inheritance by Elizabeth Acevedo EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
They tell me to "fix" my hair. And by fix, they mean straighten, they mean whiten; but how do you fix this shipwrecked history of hair? In her most famous spoken-word poem, author of the Pura Belpré-winning novel-in-verse The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo embraces all the complexities of Black hair and Afro-Latinidad--the history, pain, pride, and powerful love of that inheritance. Paired with full-color illustrations by artist Andrea Pippins in a format that will appeal to fans of Mahogany L. Browne's Black Girl Magic or Jason Reynolds's For Everyone, this poem can now be read in a vibrant package... continue
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Inima ca un pumn de boxeur by Nora Iuga RO
RomaniaDescription:
Între cărţile de poezie ale autoarei, Inima ca un pumn de boxeur este una dintre cele mai interesante „deveniri“, una dintre multiplele sale „vieţi“ artistice. Prima viaţă a acestei cărţi a început în 1982 prin publicarea volumului la Editura Cartea Românească, constituind împreună cu Scrisori neexpediate şi Opinii despre durere revenirea în literatură a Norei Iuga după aproape un deceniu în care poeta a avut interdicţie de publicare. Era vremea cînd sunetele militarismului politic atacau ritmurile imprevizibile ale poezie... continue
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Islands of Decolonial Love: Stories and Songs by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
In her debut collection of short stories, Islands of Decolonial Love, renowned writer and activist Leanne Simpson vividly explores the lives of contemporary Indigenous Peoples and communities, especially those of her own Nishnaabeg nation. Found on reserves, in cities and small towns, in bars and curling rinks, canoes and community centres, doctors offices and pickup trucks, Simpson's characters confront the often heartbreaking challenge of pairing the desire to live loving and observant lives with a constant struggle to simply survive the historical and ongoing injustices of racism and coloni... continue
Tonga135.
Mexico136.
Knitting the Fog by Claudia D. Hernández EN
Country: North America / 
Guatemala
Guatemala
Description:
A young Guatemalan immigrant's adolescence is shaped by her journey to the US, as she grapples with Chapina tradition and American culture.
Ukraine138.
L'odeur des pierres mouillées by Léa Rivière FR
FranceDescription:
Avec L'odeur des pierres mouillées, Léa Rivière tisse des mondes dont on ne peut jamais vraiment dire s'ils ont toujours été là ou s'ils sont sur le point d'advenir. Elle fabrique des histoires qui mêlent traditions, science-fiction, écologies trans, relations aux ancêtres et interdépendances des villages. Du dialogue poétique qui flirte avec la performance à l'épopée wittigienne, Léa Rivière révèle une écriture précise et prot&eacut... continue
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Lali : A Pacific Anthology by Albert Wendt EN
SamoaDescription:
This anthology features writing by authors from Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Vanuatu (New Hebrides), Niue, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Samoa.
Lali is the first comprehensive anthology of new writing from the Pacific, including stories and poems which give a representative view of what has been written in English by Pacific Islanders. Albert Wendt writes: ‘I have tried to capture the essence and spirit of the beginnings of our literature before it ages, divides, branches into more "sophisticated" journeys and forms and techniques. Much... continue
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Layla and Majnun by Ganjavi Nizami, Niẓāmī Ganjavī EN
Country: Asia / 
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Description:
The text is a prose rendition of Nizami's 12th-century poetic masterpiece, in which he reshapes the legends of Majnun, the quintessential romantic fool, into a tale of the ideal lover. For the Sufis, Majnun represents the perfect devotee of the "religion of the heart," and the story is an allegory of the soul's longing for God. This is a beautiful production, and it includes a final chapter newly translated from the Persian by Omid Safi and Zia Inayat Khan.