Books like Tender Buttons by Gertrude Stein

Milk and Honey is a lyrical poetry collection by Rupi Kaur that explores healing, resilience, and the bittersweet moments of life through four thematic sections.

A collection of essays and bilingual poetry by Gloria Anzaldúa that explores Chicana, lesbian, and border identities, redefining the border as a complex psychic, social, and cultural terrain.

A lyrical, multimodal exploration of everyday racism, blending poetry, prose, and visual elements to reveal how ordinary slights and systemic injustices shape what it means to be a citizen in America.

A comprehensive anthology of Edgar Allan Poe’s classic short stories—such as "The Tell‑Tale Heart" and "Murders in the Rue Morgue"—and iconic poems including "Annabel Lee" and "The Raven", showcasing his mastery of horror, mystery, and lyrical verse.

A compact collection of Charles Bukowski’s raw, unpolished poems, reflecting his gritty vision of American life and the resilience of the human spirit.

Haiku Cats: A Book of Poetry and Cat Pictures

“These poems do the remarkable job of making contemporary American poetry feel new again. Lynch takes risks at every turn, trying out new shapes in the mouth, flirting with narrative. . . . The poems operate at dizzying heights, and Lynch is so good she convinces the reader to climb just as high.” —*Ploughshares* “Alessandra Lynch possesses one of the most truly poetic imaginations I have ever encountered. Her metaphors slide seamlessly one into another and the logic of her illogic is so lucid I feel, reading her, like I’ve entered a new, a delightful land. This is a brilliant debut.” —Thomas Lux “Daring, disarming Alessandra Lynch is like a golden wind. She aims to envelope a reader in gusts of poems, transparent, yet mysterious. Lynch has much more than a story to tell—she has muses to consort with and animal identities to assume. Forget the homespun and the plainspoken. Here is poetry you can lose yourself in, be thrilled about, perplexed over, surprised and satisfied inside.” —Molly Peacock

Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River Anthology presents 214 free‑verse monologues from the graves of a mythical Midwestern town, revealing the hopes, dreams, and disappointments of its former residents.

A Voyage to Arcturus follows Maskull, a man from Earth who awakens alone on the alien planet Tormance and embarks on a metaphysical quest through its strange landscapes and cultures, confronting themes of good and evil and the nature of humanity.

Celebrating 50 Years of Poetic Genius