Poetry and Novels-in-Verse

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Updated March 19, 2025
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The Poet X
Acevedo, Elizabeth
Paper Book
" New York Times Bestseller National Book Award and Golden Kite Honor Award Winner Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishing novel-in-verse by an award-winning slam poet, about an Afro-Latina heroine who tells her...
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Reynolds, Jason
Paper Book
"An intense snapshot of the chain reaction caused by pulling a trigger." --Booklist (starred review) "Astonishing." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "A tour de force." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) A Newbery Honor Book A Coretta...
African American poetry : 250 years of struggle & song
Young, Kevin
Paper Book
A literary landmark: the biggest, most ambitious anthology of Black poetry ever published, gathering 250 poets from the colonial period to the present Across a turbulent history, from such vital centers as Harlem, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and the Bay Area, Black...
Poetry unbound : 50 poems to open your world
Ó Tuama, Padraig
Paper Book
In the tumult of our contemporary moment, poetry has emerged as an inviting, consoling outlet with a unique power to move and connect us, to inspire fury, tears, joy, laughter, and surprise. This generous anthology pairs fifty illuminating poems with poet and podcast host Pádraig Ó Tuama's...

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