Results for 'danez smith'

1. Seán Hewitt

Rapture's Road

A poet unafraid of the simply gorgeous… The undaunted vitality of these poems points to a bright future for Irish poetry

1. Linton Kwesi Johnson

Selected Poems

Linton's rhymes speak for our time

1. Cortney Lamar Charleston

It's Important I Remember

“This collection has moved me so completely, kept me rapt in wonder at its incisive craft and heady treatises-in-verse. While It’s Important I Remember rails, seethes, and spews its rage in equal doses, it also soothes, goads, and, finally, exhorts.” —L. Lamar Wilson, author of Sacrilegion “This is more than a collection of poetry; these poems are a portal into Cortney Lamar Charleston’s brilliant mind. They challenge orthodoxy, they mine the archives, they expand our imaginations. It’s Important I Remember is magnificent.” —Clint Smith, author of Above Ground: Poems “Cortney Lamar Charleston’s It’s Important I Remember considers American history’s relentless patterns while confronting our existence within its centuries-old design. Ambitious and unflinching, these poems are lessons in curiosity and compassion—'favor[ing] the right answer, not the correct one.’” —Nicole Sealey, author of The Ferguson Report: An Erasure

1. Langston Hughes

Blues in Stereo

From Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes, a stunning collection of early works written from 1921-1927 and curated by award winning poet and National Book Award finalist, Danez Smith

1. Danez Smith

Bluff

**A Time Magazine '100 Must-Read Books of 2024'**'[In Bluff], Smith asks: How can one read poetry at a time like this? ... And yet, within Bluff, there are almost 150 pages of poetry begging to be read—haunting, grief-stricken, hopeful poetry'

1. Langston Hughes

Blues in Stereo