Freedom reverberates in Skye Jackson's breathtaking debut, Libre, with evocative poems that are heart-wrenching, haunting, sensual, and tender. This collection explores the experiences of a young Black woman in New Orleans as she navigates the pull of familial and romantic relationships, celebrating the joys of Blackness, art, and friendship. Libre also includes Jackson's award-winning poem "can we touch your hair?" which was hand selected by former US Poet Laureate Billy Collins for inclu...

A soaring collection of poems that deftly explores the familial, personal, and societal relationships of a young Black woman trying to make her way in a fraught world.Freedom reverberates in Skye Jackson’s breathtaking debut, Libre, with evocative poems that are heart-wrenching, haunting, sensual, and tender. This collection explores the experiences of a young Black woman in New Orleans as she navigates the pull of familial and romantic relationships, cele...

2018 Goodreads Choice Awards - Best Poetry Book Finalist Helium is the debut poetry collection by internet phenom Rudy Francisco, whose work has defined poetry for a generation of new readers. Rudy's poems and quotes have been viewed and shared millions of times as he has traveled the country and the world performing for sell-out crowds. Helium is filled with work that is simultaneously personal and political, blending love poems, self-reflection, and biting cultural critique on class, rac...

See how it starts for Callie and Michael in this digital-only short story set in the STARTERS world, told from Michael's point of view.PRAISE FOR STARTERS:“A bona fide page-turner.” —MTV.com“A smart, swift, inventive, altogether gripping story.” —DEAN KOONTZ“Readers who have been waiting for a worthy successor to Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games will find it here. Dystopian sci-fi at its best.” —Los Angeles Ti...

Anna and Bennett must find a way to stay together--or say goodbye forever--in this romantic and exciting sequel to Time Between Us

Racing Hummingbirds examines critiques and at times delights in one woman's navigation through the many worlds of manic depression and her struggle to maintain humanity in the process. Jeanann Verlee's award-winning debut collection is a series of narratives prayers and conjurings which address gender sex race poverty heartbreak and survival with such stark intimacy you will find yourself living inside. These poems cannot possibly be about you yet they are. They cross boundaries and reclai...

Deserted by her people at a kennel one dog longs to go home. Will someone choose her and take her to their home? Or is she meant to be alone with no human to call her own. This story is based on the life of a real dog but told by her.

Poetic Justice at its best. An abusive husband learns the hard way "What goes around, comes around" with a grizzly twist.A short story.

Further chronicles of Pinky, Tango, Loaner, and sundry visitors.

Strength is a thing we are made of We women carry it on our shoulders And in our minds. The struggle comes in never wanting to quit Never giving up envelops the strength Holding us together. I am STRENGTH I am HEART We are STRONG We play our part. --from I Am, I Have

A Garden of Black Joy's anthology of poems, interviews, and essays spotlight black joy not only as a resource of abundance, but as a mode of self-defense. Poets from Berlin to Kiambu, Antwerp, London, and beyond provide a sketch of what black joy means in this moment and how to make use of it in the name of the future.Featuring poets such as Julian Randall, Quintin Collins, Tara Betts, and Donte Collins, this collection invites voyages to new worlds and new languages to co...

In Idiom Language: This book is a drop in the bucket when it comes to idioms. I got down to brass tacks when writing this book. I was hoping to give you field day and make you crack up. So lend me your ear to read something doozy. Make no bones about the method to my madness. Its time to read all the mumbo jumbo. In Plain English: This book is a very small part when it comes to idioms. I became serious about writing this book. I was hoping to give you an enjoyable day and to make you laugh. S...