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Walking Gentry Home

A Memoir of My Foremothers in Verse

by Alora Young ...

An “extraordinary” (Laurie Halse Anderson) young poet traces the lives of her foremothers in West Tennessee, from those enslaved centuries ago to her grandmother, her mother, and finally herself, in this stunning debut celebrating Black girlhood and womanhood throughout American history.“A masterpiece that beautifully captures the heartbreak that accompanies coming of age for Black girls becoming ... Read more

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An “extraordinary” (Laurie Halse Anderson) young poet traces the lives of her foremothers in West Tennessee, from those enslaved centuries ago to her grandmother, her mother, and finally herself, in this stunning debut celebrating Black girlhood and womanhood throughout American history.“A masterpiece that beautifully captures the heartbreak that accompanies coming of age for Black girls becoming
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Walking Gentry Home

A Memoir of My Foremothers in Verse

by Alora Young ...

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2 hours 47 min

An “extraordinary” (Laurie Halse Anderson) young poet traces the lives of her foremothers in West Tennessee, from those enslaved centuries ago to her grandmother, her mother, and finally herself, in this stunning debut celebrating Black girlhood and womanhood throughout American history.“A masterpiece that beautifully captures the heartbreak that accompanies coming of age for Black girls becoming ... Read more

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An “extraordinary” (Laurie Halse Anderson) young poet traces the lives of her foremothers in West Tennessee, from those enslaved centuries ago to her grandmother, her mother, and finally herself, in this stunning debut celebrating Black girlhood and womanhood throughout American history.“A masterpiece that beautifully captures the heartbreak that accompanies coming of age for Black girls becoming
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Small World

A Novel

by Jonathan Evison ...

Narrated by William DeMeritt ...

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**Winner of the Housatonic Book AwardA New York Times Editors' Choice!One of Booklist’s “Top 10 Historical Fiction Novels of 2022”One of the Los Angeles Times's “10 Books to Add to Your Reading List”****One of Book Culture's Most Anticipated Reads“A bighearted, widescreen American tale.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)“Masterpiece . . . The quintessential great American novel.”—Booklist (starred ... Read more

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**Winner of the Housatonic Book AwardA New York Times Editors' Choice!One of Booklist’s “Top 10 Historical Fiction Novels of 2022”One of the Los Angeles Times's “10 Books to Add to Your Reading List”****One of Book Culture's Most Anticipated Reads“A bighearted, widescreen American tale.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)“Masterpiece . . . The quintessential great American novel.”—Booklist (starred
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I Shall Not Be Moved

Poems

by Maya Angelou ...

In her first book of poetry since Why Don't You Sing? Maya Angelou, bestselling author of the classic autobiography I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, writes with lyric, passionate intensity that reaches out to touch the heart and mind.This memorable collection of poems exhibits Maya Angelou's unique gift for capturing the triumph and pain of being black and every man and woman's struggle to be free ... Read more

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In her first book of poetry since Why Don't You Sing? Maya Angelou, bestselling author of the classic autobiography I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, writes with lyric, passionate intensity that reaches out to touch the heart and mind.This memorable collection of poems exhibits Maya Angelou's unique gift for capturing the triumph and pain of being black and every man and woman's struggle to be free
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Prelude to Bruise

by Saeed Jones ...

How do we reckon our past without being ravaged by it? How do we use people, and their bodies, to express ourselves? ... Read more

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How do we reckon our past without being ravaged by it? How do we use people, and their bodies, to express ourselves?
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What the Living Do

Poems

by Marie Howe ...

"A deeply beautiful book, with the fierce galloping pace of a great novel."—Liz Rosenberg Boston GlobeInformed by the death of a beloved brother, here are the stories of childhood, its thicket of sex and sorrow and joy, boys and girls growing into men and women, stories of a brother who in his dying could teach how to be most alive. What the Living Do reflects "a new form of confessional poetry, ... Read more

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"A deeply beautiful book, with the fierce galloping pace of a great novel."—Liz Rosenberg Boston GlobeInformed by the death of a beloved brother, here are the stories of childhood, its thicket of sex and sorrow and joy, boys and girls growing into men and women, stories of a brother who in his dying could teach how to be most alive. What the Living Do reflects "a new form of confessional poetry,
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Electric Arches

by Eve L. Ewing ...

Electric Arches is an imaginative exploration of black girlhood and womanhood through poetry, visual art, and narrative prose. Blending stark realism with the fantastical, Ewing takes us from the streets of Chicago to an alien arrival in an unspecified future, deftly navigating boundaries of space, time, and reality with delight and flexibility. ... Read more

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Electric Arches is an imaginative exploration of black girlhood and womanhood through poetry, visual art, and narrative prose. Blending stark realism with the fantastical, Ewing takes us from the streets of Chicago to an alien arrival in an unspecified future, deftly navigating boundaries of space, time, and reality with delight and flexibility.
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When The Teacher Isn't Looking

And Other Funny School Poems

by Kenn Nesbitt ...

Illustrated by Mike Gordon ...

Series series Giggle Poetry
Students and teachers will roar as Kenn Nesbitt pokes fun at silly school topics with dozens of wacky poems.Who knew school lunches and detention could be so funny? Kenn Nesbitt, that's who! Do you attend a school like the one Kenn Nesbitt describes in this hysterically funny collection of poems? There's a frenzied food fight in the cafeteria. For show-and-tell, kids burp the ABCs. Recently, "pet ... Read more

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Students and teachers will roar as Kenn Nesbitt pokes fun at silly school topics with dozens of wacky poems.Who knew school lunches and detention could be so funny? Kenn Nesbitt, that's who! Do you attend a school like the one Kenn Nesbitt describes in this hysterically funny collection of poems? There's a frenzied food fight in the cafeteria. For show-and-tell, kids burp the ABCs. Recently, "pet
... Read more
Chasing Utopia

A Hybrid

by Nikki Giovanni ...

The poetry of Nikki Giovanni has spurred social justice movements and inspired songs, turned hearts and informed generations about the reality of life—especially Black life—in America. One of the foremost voices in African American literature and a celebrated activist of her generation, she has been hailed as a healer and a sage, a powerful voice on issues of race, equality, violence, and ... Read more

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The poetry of Nikki Giovanni has spurred social justice movements and inspired songs, turned hearts and informed generations about the reality of life—especially Black life—in America. One of the foremost voices in African American literature and a celebrated activist of her generation, she has been hailed as a healer and a sage, a powerful voice on issues of race, equality, violence, and
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Miss Hildreth Wore Brown

Anecdotes of a Southern Belle

by Olivia deBelle Byrd ...

"A delightful book of personal essays dedicated to delving into the mysteries of the modern Southern belle" (Janis Owens, author of My Brother Michael).With storytelling written in the finest Southern tradition from the soap operas of Chandler Street in the quaint town of Gainesville, Georgia, to a country store on the Alabama state line, Olivia deBelle Byrd delves with wit and amusement into the ... Read more

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"A delightful book of personal essays dedicated to delving into the mysteries of the modern Southern belle" (Janis Owens, author of My Brother Michael).With storytelling written in the finest Southern tradition from the soap operas of Chandler Street in the quaint town of Gainesville, Georgia, to a country store on the Alabama state line, Olivia deBelle Byrd delves with wit and amusement into the
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The Reading Promise

My Father and the Books We Shared

by Alice Ozma ...

A "thoroughly entertaining" memoir about a single father who read to his daughter from 4th grade until she left for college ( Washington Post ).When Alice Ozma was in 4th grade, she and her father decided to see if he could read aloud to her for one hundred consecutive nights. On the hundredth night, they shared pancakes to celebrate, but it soon became evident that neither wanted to let go of ... Read more

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A "thoroughly entertaining" memoir about a single father who read to his daughter from 4th grade until she left for college ( Washington Post ).When Alice Ozma was in 4th grade, she and her father decided to see if he could read aloud to her for one hundred consecutive nights. On the hundredth night, they shared pancakes to celebrate, but it soon became evident that neither wanted to let go of
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Alive at the End of the World

by Saeed Jones ...

Pierced by grief and charged with history, this new poetry collection from the award-winning author of Prelude to Bruise and How We Fight for Our Lives confronts our everyday apocalypses.In haunted poems glinting with laughter, Saeed Jones explores the public and private betrayals of life as we know it. With verve, wit, and elegant craft, Jones strips away American artifice in order to reveal the ... Read more

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Pierced by grief and charged with history, this new poetry collection from the award-winning author of Prelude to Bruise and How We Fight for Our Lives confronts our everyday apocalypses.In haunted poems glinting with laughter, Saeed Jones explores the public and private betrayals of life as we know it. With verve, wit, and elegant craft, Jones strips away American artifice in order to reveal the
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