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how do you know which books to buy? where you be looking?
i lean into my friend's & fave writer's lists of "must-haves"
sometimes i look at the finalists' list. i reckon lists are amazing (shoutout to receiving the nom & award for your heart efforts) but rarely promises i'll be "fed" by its choices.
Here’s a list of what I bought (or begged for) this season... and a list for your gift giving ideas, jic
#ClaudiaRankine, you already know.
@bookswimming is lovely as is this book of poems
#RossGay — his whole bibliography is nuanced and generous. this is a book length poem & is bananas
Gifted to me by my heart @olivarespoet cause #WandaColeman #AmericanSonnets is a beautiful accompaniment for those reading her collected writings #WickedEnchantment
Not because I wrote the foreword, but because #AudreLorde is & the collection been. If you like beautifully bound books —
@sheer_awe is fine tuned in the language of our resilience
While this is YA, the poetics are compelling and the story is such a gift @ibizoboi & @dr_yusefsalaam beam...
Don’t trip — I’ve got on shorts. And this book by @racheleliza_g will leave you winded
Same chair. Brilliant book of shorts (that read like tightly wound prose essays) @k_mingchang soars
A fave I return to. Book length poem by #MaryOliver
Ok...Deep breath. We’re just getting started. I decided to combat corona, I give you reasons to stay in side and be fortified.
Another round...
YA Novel in verse turned Graphic Novel brilliance. This jawn by @JasonReynolds83 just dropped.
YA Novel in verse turned Graphic Novel brilliance. This jawn by @JasonReynolds83 just dropped.
#JuneJordan provides us legacy & triumph
This book by @jaquiradiaz made me hold my breath
And this beautiful plant has since transitioned — but this book by @BecomHer is transcending.
#LucilleClifton selections w/such a giving by Mara celisxgirmay
Might I add, YA does not reduce the amazing possibilities in language, I thought I should give note so when you look for these jawns, you know what arena you’re stepping into. That said. Speaking of YA — the genre slashing lyrical wonder #ElizabethAcevedo
A YA thriller jewel by @WriteinBK
A collection of glorious shorts by @LeesaCrossSmith
Speaking of capsules — this poetic art archive will begin you again. By the unshakeable @TheRealKristaF
Another collection by lyrical wit-tichian & professor @authorKQ
Another professor educator and leader. If you had the life-changing experience of being taught by her, you already know. @cavecanempoets faculty great #NikkyFinney
