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The Promise of Language
Publication Date: January 2025
Each encounter brings clarity and a new lens through which to understand the world, revealing how language shapes our lives and how our lives shape language.
Holy Ghost Key
Publication Date: February 2024
Though many of the poems pay tribute to the genius of contemporary musicians who have won popular acclaim, the entire collection reminds of a persistent African ancestral legacy.
The Second Stop Is Jupiter
Publication Date: September 2023
Titles like "The Death of Olympiaand "The Three Sulasset the tone for this collection to manifest a Pan-Africanist poetics entwined with themes of Classical Romanticism.
The Orchestra of Wind Chimes
Publication Date: March 2023
Through these poems, Jacques has achieved a balance between form and function, allowing readers to embark on a rhythmic journey of expression, language, and human existence.
House and Home
Publication Date: February 2023
This is poetry that grounds us, brings us home, so to speak, while initiating us into the magic that brightens and coheres our intimate lives.
Stilettos in a Rifle Range
Publication Date: December 2022
Williams’s language in particular is an intralingual love affair that all will enjoy.
Body Not My Own
Publication Date: February 2021
These powerful poems offer insight into the historic resolve, self-determination and resilience of the enslaved African community.
You Are My Joy and Pain
Publication Date: October 2020
Readers will identify with the hope and disappointment that Madgett presents in these poems.
Am-Phib-Ian
Publication Date: February 2020
This collection is the story of a spirit determined to survive the journey—appropriating in the effort whatever available tools and attributes—human or amphibian.
Blues Legacy
Publication Date: February 2019
While the poet honors this ancestral past, she points to the future, appealing to African American women especially to empower themselves, and step confidently into their roles as community torchbearers.
Broad Sympathies in a Narrow World
Publication Date: February 2018
Readers will be challenged and delighted by Staton-Taiwo's rich, sophisticated perspectives and artistry.
The Forgetting Tree
Publication Date: April 2017
A perfect blend of prose, poetry, and images, The Forgetting Tree is a unique and thought-provoking collection that argues for a deeper understanding of past and present so that we might imagine a more hopeful, sustainable, and loving future.
Heathen
Publication Date: February 2015
This is an extremely satisfying collection of poems that invite the reader to return to it again and again.
Privacy Issues
Publication Date: January 2014
Privacy Issues is an emotionally and intellectually stimulating first book by the winner of the 2014 Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award.
Three Birds Deep
Publication Date: January 2012
These are poems that draw the reader back to them over and over, not for information but for the music that resonates long after the book is closed.
Chronicles of the Pig & Other Delusions
Publication Date: January 2010
The following three sections present poetic meditations on various subjects including love, death, current events, "the holy feminine in everyone,and creative writing.
The Golden Underground
Publication Date: February 2009
Fans of Butts’s previous work as well as general readers of poetry will enjoy this vital and insightful volume.
Adam of Ifé
Publication Date: January 2006
The title refers to Ifé, a city in Nigeria which, according to legend, was the birthplace of mankind.
Just for a Thrill
Publication Date: November 2005
We’re fortunate to have so galvanic a collection of Jacques’ poetry in an edition that promises to reach a wider audience."—From the foreword by Nathaniel Mackey
A Different Image
Publication Date: September 2004
A CD featuring selected readings from each poet's work accompanies the text.
Octavia
Publication Date: January 2002
Octavia was made required reading in all Detroit public high schools.
Discarded Legacy
Publication Date: June 1994
Boyd has successfully arranged Harper's work in a manner that connects our present to Harper's past and that re-envisions her consciousness.
