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Bullets into Bells

Beacon Press, December 2017. Paper Back. A powerful call to end American gun violence from celebrated poets and those most impacted Focused intensively on the crisis of gun violence in America, this volume brings together poems by dozens of our best-known poets, including Billy Collins, Patricia Smith, Natalie Diaz, Ocean... More

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Bullets into Bells is an important collection of voices. It pairs poetry from poets like Rita Dove, Robert Hass, Yosef Komunyakaa, and plenty more with your everyday citizens' response to gun violence. It will move you.

When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities (A. Poulin, Jr. New Poets of America)

BOA Editions Ltd., April 2017. Paper Back. LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY WINNER OF THE THOM GUNN AWARD FOR GAY POETRY WINNER OF THE GLCA NEW WRITERS AWARD WINNER OF THE A. POULIN, JR. POETRY PRIZE A LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2017 SELECTION: POETRY & LITERATURE... More

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Chen Chen's new book is probably my new favorite collection of poetry. His writing is so approachable, artful, both funny and serious, and probing. It's been nominated for the National Book Award, too.

Citizen: An American Lyric

Graywolf Press, October 2014. Trade Paperback. * Finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry * * Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry * Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism * Winner of the NAACP Image Award * Winner of the L.A.... More

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Exit West

Riverhead Books, March 2018. Unknown. WINNER OF THE 2018 LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR FICTION and THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE TEN BEST BOOKS OF 2017, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW "A breathtaking novel...[that] arrives at an urgent time." -NPR "It was... More

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They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

Two Dollar Radio, November 2017. Paper Back. *2018 "12 best books to give this holiday season" --TODAY Show*Best Books of 2018 --Rolling Stone"A Best Book of 2017" --NPR, Buzzfeed, Paste Magazine, Esquire, Chicago Tribune, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, CBC, Stereogum, National Post, Entropy, Heavy, Book Riot, Chicago Review of Books, The... More

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Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Copper Canyon Press, April 2016. Paper Back. One of the most celebrated poetry books of the year: The New Yorker, The Best Books of Poetry of 2016 New York Times, Critics Pick Boston Globe, Best Books listing NPR, Best Books listing Miami Herald, Best LGBTQ Books San Francisco Chronicle, Top... More

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Ocean Vuong's poetry is full of wisdom, yet so approachable and easy to read. I would recommend this book to everyone--even someone who dislikes poetry. That's how good I think it is.

The Refugees

Grove Press, January 2018. Paper Back. Published in hardcover to astounding acclaim, The Refugees is the remarkable debut collection of short stories by Viet Thanh Nguyen, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel The Sympathizer. In these powerful stories, written over a period of twenty years... More

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Viet Thanh Nguyen amazes me again with his prose, this time in the form of short stories ranging in perspective, but all of them being from refugees. Each story leaves you fuller than before with its beauty and depth. It provides so much empathy for those around us and people seeking refuge. What a timely book.

Homegoing

Vintage, April 2017. Trade Paperback. Winner of the PEN/ Hemingway Award Winner of the NBCC's John Leonard Award Shortlisted for the British Book Award - Debut of the Year A New York Times Notable Book A Washington Post Notable Book One of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, Time... More

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