Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel Speak was first published twenty years ago, she ha..
Robert Bly's new collection of poetry is made of forty-eight poems written in the intricate form called the ghazal, which is the central poetic form in Islam. The influence of Hafez and Rumi is clear, and yet the poems descend into the wealth of Western history, referring at times to Monet, Giordano..
This is the story of Yrsa Daley-Ward, and all the things that happened - “even the terrible things. And God, there were terrible things.” It’s about her childhood in the northwest of England with her beautiful, careworn mother Marcia; the man formerly known as Dad (half fun, half frightening); and h..
Susa Talan's hand-drawn lettering and playful illustrations animate the wisdom of beloved writers and thinkers such as Virginia Woolf, Rumi, Lao Tzu, Walt Whitman, Thich Nhat Nanh, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau in Wear Gratitude (Like a Sweater).This gem of a book inspires laughter, c..
You Only Love Me When I’m Suffering is a naked and powerful poetic portrait of love, heartbreak, and restoration. In this book of 200 poems from noteworthy Instagram poet Jon Lupin - better known as The Poetry Bandit - you’ll find a poetic trellis with heartfelt words and raw emotion coiling in and ..
The poet and founder of the music collective Flowers for the Living pays tribute to all Black women by focusing on visionaries and leaders who are making history right now, including Ava DuVernay, Janelle Monae, Kamala Harris, Misty Copeland, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Robin Roberts, Roxane Gay, and Simon..
The role of poetry in Hausa society in the mid-twentieth century, Sa'adu appeared to be the leading poet in Northern Nigeria. Before discussing his poems, there were poems written in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. This will enable us to see the development and types of poetry written at..