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Report copyright infringementby Hannah Rosenberg (Author)"I still haven't figured out how to keep / my shower floor clean or make morning / smoothies or respond to stress calmly. / Same, same, same my friends tell me, a love note of sorts." The debut collection from beloved Instagram poet @hannahrowrites, Same is a celebration of one thing we all have in common: a desire to be seen and understood. With her artful blend of intuitive and wise insights, Hannah's observations resonate with reader...

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Report copyright infringementby Samyak Shertok (Author)Winner of the 2024 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry Part elegy, part poetry of witness, and part poetry of exile, No Rhododendron is a lament to the poet-speaker's father and fatherland and a grief-wrought love letter to his mother and mother tongue. The collection is haunted by an existential question about Shertok's oral mother tongue, Tamang: How do you write about a language that has no script? Exploring the erasure, ambiguity, multiplic...

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Report copyright infringementby Ada Limón (Author)A Los Angeles Times "Most Anticipated"A USA TODAY "Must Read Poetry""Startlement is a book of rare treasures. With lyrical mastery and intimate storytelling, Limón's poetry reveals new ways of paying attention. This powerful collection is a gift."--Amy TanAn essential collection spanning nearly twenty years of emphatic, fearlessly original poetry from one of America's most celebrated living writers.Drawing from six previously published books--...

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Report copyright infringementby Courtney Kampa (Author)"A kaleidoscopic and finely-tuned voice full of acuity, wit, intelligence and, perhaps most importantly, a deep and defiant love for a world burning at its edges. I am so grateful to have come upon this true poet." --Ocean VuongA gorgeous collection of poems exploring womanhood, sisterhood, love, loss, and longing, for people who find catharsis in poems, or people who have always wanted to read poetry, but don't know where to start."How l...

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Report copyright infringementby Chet'la Sebree (Author)Blue Opening, Chet'la Sebree's brilliant, illuminating poetry collection, grapples with origins--of illness, of language, of the universe--as the speaker contemplates whether she, too, can be a site of origin through motherhood. Navigating chronic health challenges alongside grief and questions about the nature of knowledge and religion, she searches personal history and the cosmos for answers to the unknowable. With startling clarity and...

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Report copyright infringementby Billy Collins (Author)NATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the former Poet Laureate of the United States and New York Times bestselling author of Aimless Love comes a wondrous new collection of poems focused on the joys and mysteries of daily life. "Among the best poems that [Billy] Collins has ever written."--Maureen Corrigan, NPR "Witty, wry and tender when it hurts, Water, Water is a pleasure to read and easy to give."--The Washington Post "Collins remains the most co...

Darby, Love . . .: (Alive Things Mom Said to Me Before She Died)

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Report copyright infringementby Darby Hudson (Author)Poet Darby Hudson presents an expanded collection of his viral Instagram posts, in which he offers a deeply human glimpse into his mother's unique way of looking at the world, inspiring readers to find joy in every moment. Darby, Love . . . is equal parts wonder, chaos, and humanity. It's a conversation between the living and the dead, mom and son, steeped in love, loss, and the quiet beauty of life's messiness. Born from a series of viral...

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Report copyright infringementby Kevin Young (Author)From the award-winning poet at the height of his career, a book of personal and American experiences, both beautiful and troubling, touching on the generative cycle of loss and renewal Following on his exquisite Stones, Kevin Young's new collection, written over the span of sixteen years, shapes stories of loss and legacy, inspired in part by other lives. After starting in the bayous of his family's Louisiana, Young journeys to further state...

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Report copyright infringementby Rhoni Blankenhorn (Author)Winner of the 2024 Trio Award, Rooms for the Dead and the Not Yet explores landscapes of grief, desire, and identity. How does memory collapse time? In what ways do mourning and longing echo each other? What violence persists beneath narrative and aesthetic surfaces, upholding systems of belief and power? This debut poetry collection revolves around imagination as an act of resilience and rebellion. Blankenhorn's speaker communes with ...

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Report copyright infringementby Wendy Cope (Author)"[Cope] writes the sort of poems almost no one does any longer . . . She seems always to know what to say, and what to do, in dark moments." -Dwight Garner, The New York Times Book ReviewThis volume comprises the full poetic works of one of England's wittiest, most beloved writers, and includes many previously uncollected poems.When Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis was published in 1986, Wendy Cope became that rarest of creatures: a celebrated ...

Joy in the Belly of a Riot: Poems, Prayers, Memories, and Meditations

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Report copyright infringementby Barbara Fant (Author)The acclaimed poetic force celebrates the practice of poetry as healing and prayer in this vital, life-affirming collection about surviving the void and touching the divine--the second book in a creative collaboration between Amistad and Moore Black Press.At age fifteen, Barbara Fant tragically lost her mother, and her world was suddenly upended. "I became an angry teenager. I was mad at the world.," she recalls. "I even stopped praying, bu...

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Report copyright infringementby Miranda Cowley Heller (Author)From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Paper Palace, a Reese's Book Club Pick, comes a debut poetry collection that paints a moving portrait of a rich life from childhood to love to marriage to motherhood to divorce and beyond. "Breathtaking . . . will change the way you see the world." --Daisy Goodwin, author of The American Heiress If I could fly backward, I would.To the safety of branches, to the timewhen my heart ...

The New Book: Poems, Letters, Blurbs, and Things

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Report copyright infringementby Nikki Giovanni (Author)Nikki Giovanni's extraordinary final collection--a landmark of American literature which speaks to the fury and upheaval of our time, as well as the triumphs and delights of her remarkable creative life.For decades, Nikki Giovanni's poetry has been at the forefront of American culture. The New Book is a towering work of protest against the divisions of our time, leavened with moments of joy and reflection about her indelible legacy, her f...

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Report copyright infringementby Latorial Faison (Author)Nursery Rhymes in Black is a poetic recollection of race, roots, culture, and identity. Paying homage to the memory and work of elders and ancestors, Latorial Faison remembers her own matriarch, mother, grandmother--the rich memories of having grown up in rural, historic Southampton County, Virginia. These poignant poems mark significant moments and tell the lives of the people along the author's journey through the post-segregation Jim ...

Beautiful Chaos: On Motherhood, Finding Yourself, and Overwhelming Love

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Report copyright infringementby Jessica Urlichs (Author)INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES (UK) BESTSELLER From Instagram sensation Jessica Urlichs, an inspiringly vulnerable collection of poems exploring the sacred, tender, and beautifully chaotic moments of motherhood. You are a motherbut never, just When poet Jessica Urlichs became a mother, she learned that the everyday ordinary is extraordinary. In Beautiful Chaos, Jess chronicles it all--the highs, the lows, the confusion, the loss of identity, the b...

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Report copyright infringementby Mart?n Espada (Author)In this brilliant new collection of poems, National Book Award winner Mart?n Espada offers narratives of the forgotten and the unforgettable. The poems in Jailbreak of Sparrows reveal the ways in which the ordinary becomes monumental: family portraits, politically charged reports, and tributes to the unsung. Espada's focus ranges from the bombardment of his family's hometown in Puerto Rico amid an anti-colonial uprising to the murder of a ...

Good Friends: Bonds That Change Us and the World

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Report copyright infringementby Priya Vulchi (Author)From the co-author of Tell Me Who You Are and a TED speaker, a book that reveals the importance of friendship as a tool of social justice. Friendship is good for your health. Studies show that loneliness is as deadly as smoking fifteen cigarettes a day. Still, we are not taught how to be good friends to one another. We cancel plans, lose touch, blame technology, and neglect our non-romantic loved ones. In Good Friends, author Priya Vulchi ...

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Report copyright infringementby Barry J. Jacobs (Author), Julia L. Mayer (Author)If you're among the millions of people annually who take on the role of providing unpaid care to family, friends, or neighbors, you are sure to face tough questions. How do I coordinate the care my loved one needs? How can I get other relatives to pitch in? Who pays for all this? Husband-and-wife psychologists Barry J. Jacobs and Julia L. Mayer--who have counseled family caregivers for over 30 years and cared for...

I Am My Name: A Girl's Journey to Finding Her Cree Family

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Report copyright infringementby Na'kuset (Author), Judith Henderson (Author), Onedove (Illustrator)An evocative autobiographical picture book about Cree activist Na'kuset's life as a young girl taken from her home along with thousands of other indigenous children during the 1960s, and the journey of discovery that leads her to reclaim her life and culture. I have come from somewhere else, whereI am Cree and I have a big sisterand another name. One night, a very young girl was removed from her...

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Report copyright infringementby Ridley Pearson (Author)New York Times bestselling author of the Kingdom Keepers series is back with an all-new Disney-inspired chapter book adventure! Ten-year-old Gemma wishes everything could stay the same, but that's impossible after her mother accepts a new job at the Disney Parks in Orlando. Struggling to fit in and make friends, Gemma's focus is instead drawn to a weathered journal left behind in her mother's bookshop by a mysterious stranger. . . . After...

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Report copyright infringementby Kate Messner (Author)From the bestselling author of the Ranger in Time series, Kate Messner, comes a chapter book series about a family dedicated to rescuing animals. Siblings Ivy and Ezra couldn't be more different, but they have one thing in common: a love of animals. Their family volunteers for the local wildlife hospital as "critter couriers", helping transport injured and orphaned animals so they can get medical help. When Ezra starts off his baseball seas...

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Report copyright infringementby Lucy Knisley (Author)In the final volume of the bestselling Peapod Farm series, a city kid turned country girl whose life has been changing nonstop is settling into her new place in the family--only for unexpected drama to strike between sisters. "Understated and full of heart."--Kirkus Reviews Jen couldn't be more excited to spend time on Peapod Farm with her stepsisters, Andy and Reese. For months, Jen has been so focused on trying to figure out how she fits ...

The Girl on the Bathroom Floor: Held Together When Everything Is Falling Apart

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Report copyright infringementby Amber Emily Smith (Author)The Girl on the Bathroom Floor is a raw and unflinching look at the moments most never share, the ones behind closed doors, on the bathroom floor, in your car, or hidden in the closet--where pain, fear, and grief seem to hit hardest. It's also a promise that, even there, you are still tenderly held by a God who grieves with you and offers you hope through suffering even when everything else is falling apart. Amber Smith, wife of former...

More Than Two, Second Edition: Cultivating Nonmonogamous Relationships with Kindness and Integrity

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Report copyright infringementby Eve Rickert (Author), Andrea Zanin (Author), Kim Tallbear (Foreword by)"Can you love more than one person?" A lot of conversations about nonmonogamy start this way. When we discuss "opening" relationships, contemplate whether we want to be exclusive with our partners, or introduce multiple partners to friends and family, we are asking the people in our lives, and ourselves, to contend with this question. The answer is obvious, and misleading. The love one feels...

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Report copyright infringementby Alexandra K. Walsh (Author)On her 90th birthday, Big Yiayia unwraps a photo album that opens the door to a lifetime of memories...As Marie celebrates her beloved Big Yiayia's milestone birthday, she doesn't expect the most meaningful gift to be a book filled with photos and memories that vividly capture their family's experiences in Greece. Sitting side by side, the two explore tales of dancing under the stars in Santorini, planting an olive tree by their favor...

The Book of Kin: On Absence, Love, and Being There

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Report copyright infringementby Jennifer Eli Bowen (Author)"The Book of Kin is an expansive experience . . . beautiful, brave, and inventive."--Hanif AbdurraquibA remarkable debut that explores the imperfect ways we care for one another, and how we seek repair when care fails."What's our obligation to each other?" asks Jennifer Eli Bowen in this propulsive exploration of community, solitude, and love. Drawing on her experiences as a mother, daughter, and founder of the Minnesota Prison Writin...

The Possibility of Tenderness: A Jamaican Memoir of Plants and Dreams

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Report copyright infringementby Jason Allen-Paisant (Author)Finalist for the 2025 Wainwright Prize in Nature Writing"Extraordinary . . . Surprising at every turn and rewarding in ways you never expect."--Marlon James"An extraordinary, necessary book from a brilliant writer. A new song of the earth."--Robert MacfarlaneFrom an exciting new voice in international literature, a profoundly moving memoir that explores the Black experience in the natural world and the transformative power of plants....

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Report copyright infringementby Chuck Murphree (Author)In Letters to my Mother: A Son's Journey With Grief and Loss, Chuck Murphree captures the final weeks with his dying mother in a collection of heartfelt letters to her. Murphree's memoir is a raw, loving, and profound tribute. An invitation to experience grief in your own way, Letters to my Mother is for those who grieve and those who are curious about the end of life. Number of Pages: 138 Dimensions: 0.3 x 8.5 x...

The Allure of Elsewhere: A Memoir of Going Solo

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Report copyright infringementby Karen Babine (Author)"A truly fascinating and heartwarming travelogue that beautifully points us in bold directions."--Aimee Nezhukumatathil, author of World of WondersOne woman's cross-country journey to explore the hold family history has on our lives, and the power of new stories to shape what lies ahead.In her mid-thirties and happily single, Karen Babine hitches up her tiny Scamp camper and sets out with her two unenthusiastic cats, Galway and Maeve, on a ...

Dad and Baby's First Year: A Newborn Journal for Memorable Moments

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Report copyright infringementby Dad Is (Author), Yael Eshet (Illustrator), Estee Lavitt (Editor)How will your baby feel reading their first-year memories from Dad's perspective?Dad and Baby's First Year is a unique, month-to-month baby journal-written by Daddy!This beautifully designed, humorous, and engaging keepsake includes monthly prompts to help dads capture their thoughts and experiences with their newborn.It captures the journey from birth to Baby's first birthday through Dad's eyes, ...

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Report copyright infringementby Workman Publishing (Author)Jump into autumn (leaves) with this cozy fall book that's indestructible! Original Indestructibles(TM) are still the best: chew proof, rip proof, drool proof, and 100% washable--books that babies can really sink their gums into! Beloved by babies and their parents, Indestructibles are built for the way babies "read" (i.e., with their hands and mouths) and are: - Rip Proof--made of ultra-durable tight-woven material - Waterproof--can...