Poetry genre books (319)


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Appalachian Elegy : Poetry and Place by Bell Hooks EN

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A collection of poems centered around life in Appalachia addresses topics ranging from the marginalization of the region's people to the environmental degradation it has endured throughout history.

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As Long As Trees Take Root in the Earth : And Other Poems by Alain Mabanckou EN

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A hopeful, music-infused poetry collection from Congolese poet Alain Mabanckou. These compelling poems by novelist and essayist Alain Mabanckou conjure nostalgia for an African childhood where the fauna, flora, sounds, and smells evoke snapshots of a life forever gone. Mabanckou's poetry is frank and forthright, urging his compatriots to no longer be held hostage by the civil wars and political upheavals that have ravaged their country and to embrace a new era of self-determination where the village roosters can sing again. These music-infused texts, beautifully translated by Nancy Naomi Carls... continue

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At the Devil's Banquets by Anise Koltz EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Luxembourg flag Luxembourg
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Poetry. Translated from the French by John F. Deane. The sequential poem is the connective tissue of AT THE DEVIL'S BANQUETS, a collection that holds at its heart the raw materials of familial relations and emotional inheritance. Koltz is tuned to a dark frequency, uncomfortably listening at the edge of the universe and forever seeking clarity of feeling. This work is highly metaphorical, self-incriminating, and spare, with an anger turned gently inward. John F. Deane's direct, clear translations from the French serve Koltz's somber vision exquisitely.


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Aussicht auf eigene Schatten by Chirikure Chirikure DE

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Zimbabwe flag Zimbabwe
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Dreisprachige Ausgabe: Shona - Englisch - Deutsch

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Avond by Anna Achmatova NL

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Country: Europe / Ukraine flag Ukraine

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Bamboo Among the Oaks : Contemporary Writing by Hmong Americans by Mai Neng Moua EN

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Country: Asia / Laos flag Laos
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A groundbreaking anthology that chronicles the emerging literary voice of a contemporary American immigrant community.



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Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head : Poems by Warsan Shire EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Country: Africa / Kenya flag Kenya
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Poems of migration, womanhood, trauma, and resilience from the celebrated collaborator on Beyoncé’s Lemonade and Black Is King, award-winning Somali British poet Warsan Shire “The beautifully crafted poems in this collection are fiercely tender gifts.”—Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist “Shire is the real thing—fresh, cutting, indisputably alive.”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times Mama, I made it / out of your home / alive, raised by / the voices / in my head. With her first full-length poetry collection, Warsan Shire introduces us to a young girl, who, in the absence of a nurturing guide, mak... continue