Books like Haruko/Love Poems by June Jordan

A poignant portrait of an eleven‑year‑old Black girl in mid‑20th‑century America, whose longing for blue eyes reflects deeper wounds of family, race, and identity.

Maya Angelou's heart journey into the heart of New York City, Harlem, and Martin Luther King's movement, filled with unforgettable vignettes and poignant moments of her tumultuous life and relationships.

Natasha Trethewey’s Poetic Reflection on Family and Race in America

A powerful collection of poems by the activist and scholar Sonia Sánchez, exploring the pain and beauty of African‑American womanhood and her quest for peace.

A vibrant poetry collection by Kristin Naca, who earned the 2008 National Poetry Series mtvU prize, blending Filipino, Hispanic, and broader Asian American heritage with bilingual lyricism and queer perspectives.

A bold exploration of pregnancy, childbirth, and artistic expression through verse, prose, and dialogue.

A courageous collection of poems confronting codependency, sexuality, abuse, and emotional trauma, reflecting the author’s personal journey and broader contemporary concerns.

Rita Dove’s *American Smooth* is a collection that blends rhythmic lyricism with vivid cultural imagery, celebrating American heritage through poetic forms.

June Jordan’s collection of poems confronts the oppression of women and African Americans, touching on street violence, love, and the ongoing search for identity.

A comprehensive anthology of June Jordan’s poetry, spanning over six hundred pages of lyricism, elegiac verse, and vibrant vernacular, including unpublished “last poems” that showcase her powerful engagement with identity, activism, and human connection.

The only edition currently available that contains all of Dickinson's poems. The works were originally gathered by editor Johnson and published in a three-volume set in 1955.

Rita Dove’s *Grace Notes* weaves 48 poems that explore childhood memory, the subtle power of words, and the delicate embellishments of everyday life, positioning the collection as a subtle yet moving voice in contemporary American poetry.

June Jordan’s poetry collection intertwines fierce political commentary with tender personal reflections, covering subjects from Bosnia and Africa to urban America, affirmative action, and her own battles with breast cancer and her mother’s suicide.

Anjail Rashida Ahmad's powerful exploration of African American women's heritage and pride in language and tradition.

"Poet, activist, and essayist June Jordan is a prolific, significant American writer who pushed the limits of political vision and moral witness, traversing a career of over forty years. With poetry, prose, letters, and more, this reader is a key resource for understanding the scope, complexity, and novelty of this pioneering Black American writer. From "Poem about Police Violence": Tell me something what you think would happen if everytime they kill a black boy then we kill a cop everytime they kill a black man then we kill a cop you think the accident rate would lower subsequently?. I lose consciousness of ugly bestial rabid and repetitive affront as when they tell me 18 cops in order to subdue one man 18 strangled him to death in the ensuing scuffle (don't you idolize the diction of the powerful: subdue and scuffle my oh my) and that the murder that the killing of Arthur Miller on a Brooklyn street was just a "justifiable accident" again (again) People been having accidents all over the globe so long like that I reckon that the only suitable insurance is a gun"--