Staff Picks

Category: Poetry

Find your new favorite reads with this collection of top titles curated by our expert librarians.

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Alone
Alone
Megan E. Freeman
"When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she ends up waking up to a nightmare."
- Gloria
This Bridge Called My Back
This Bridge Called My Back
Various Authors
"Originally released in 1981, This Bridge Called My Back is a testimony to women of color feminism as it emerged in the last quarter of the twentieth century."
- Gloria
The Iliad
The Iliad
Homer
New translation by Emily Wilson--"The greatest literary landmark of antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time."
- Joanna
The Carrying
The Carrying
Ada Limón
"Vulnerable, tender, acute, these are serious poems, brave poems, exploring with honesty the ambiguous moment between the rapture of youth and the grace of acceptance."
- Joanna
Promises of Gold
Promises of Gold
José Olivarez
"Promises of Gold explores many forms of love and how "a promise made isn't always a promise kept," as Olivarez grapples with the contradictions of the American Dream"
- Joanna
You Better Be Lightning
You Better Be Lightning
Andrea Gibson
"A queer, political, and feminist collection guided by self -reflection."
- Crisanne
The Best American Poetry 2021
The Best American Poetry 2021
Tracy K. Smith editor
This presents a choice of the year's most memorable poems, with comments from the poets themselves lending insight into their work.
- Joanna
All The Names Given
All The Names Given
Raymond Antrobus
A timely, tender book full of humanity and remembrance from one of the most important young poets of our generation.
- Joanna