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Featuring ten collage illustrations by the author,Helen Ivory's new poetry collectionConstructing a Witchfixes on the monstering and the scapegoating of women and on the fear of ageing femininity.In this collection, the witch appears as the barren,...

Steeped in loss-of climate and childhood, of fathers and friends-Winter of Worship finds survival in our tender human connections. Told through an ever-queer lens, Kayleb Rae Candrilli's fourth collection, Winter of WorshipSteeped in the grief of these...

Sometimes it's difficult to take that first step into your future and embrace the unknown. This illustrated collection of poetry and essays empowers you to embrace your next adventure with confidence and grace, drawing on invaluable lessons from nature...

An insightful and haunting new collection from Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Simic Irreverent and sly, observant and keenly imagined, Come Closer and Listen is the latest work from one of our most beloved poets. With his trademark sense of humor,...

A classic in the Bukowski poetry canon, Love Is a Dog from Hell is a raw, lyrical, exploration of the exigencies, heartbreaks, and limits of love.A book that captures the Dirty Old Man of American letters at his fiercest and most vulnerable, on a subject...

A gathering of last poems by great poets from W.H. Auden to Walt Whitman with extensive commentary by esteemed literary critic Harold Bloom,  hailed by Booklist as “a collection of surpassing splendor and resonance.”In this charming...

‘The best poet in America’ Jean Genet‘He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels’ Leonard CohenThe definitive collection from a writer whose transgressive legacy and raw, funny, acutely observant writing has left an enduring mark Here is...

Losing someone is not easy, especially when it is someone who helped you in the darkest times. They leave a mark on our lives where we can't help but think of them to this day. The same applies to a loved pet who is unforgettable. They are more than just...

Perfect Doesn't Exist is a compilation of poems, written to be a voice that speaks into the reader's struggle. Emotion can consume us if we let it, telling us that we are alone in our pain, and whatever struggle is opposing us is going to last forever...

r.h. Sin’s This Day Is Dark is a blistering case study of when red flags are mistaken for passion and love falls in the hands of the wrong people, as explored in his signature poetic voice. From New York Times bestselling author r.h. Sin...

With vibrant ribbons of color and joyous words, These Are My Big Girl Pants depicts the complexities and nuances of being a woman in this world. From award-winning artist Amber Vittoria comes These Are My Big Girl Pants, a collection of poetry and...

A profound poetry collection shrouded in tenderness and empathy, created to comfort the growing pains we all experience in life. Teen breakout poet Christabelle Grace Marbun brings her latest collection When the Dark Spoke to Me to life through...

Notable TikTok creator Michaela Angemeer explores connecting with your inner child, loving the worst parts of yourself, coming out as bisexual, and focusing on self-growth in her much-anticipated poetry collection.Please Love Me At My Worst is a...

There's a harshness in the air; the season is changing its colors. The rain is chilled, icy to the touch, and the sky, filled with melancholy. Your search for warmth has brought you here; you starve for something profound. You require something that will...

This is the time to look into the mirror and see everything you’ve been fighting for. Yourself, a peace of mind, and everything your heart deserves. You fit inside these words.

A poetic documentation of pain, loneliness, courage, and triumph.

She Just Wants to Forget is the follow up to the New York Times bestselling poetry collection She Felt Like Feeling Nothing by r.h. Sin.

From the bestselling & award-winning poetess, amanda lovelace, comes the finale of her illustrated duology, "things that h(a)unt." In the first installment, to make monsters out of girls,  lovelace explored the memory of being in a toxic...

Winner of the 2016 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Poetry, amanda lovelace presents her new illustrated duology, “things that h(a)unt.” In this first installment, to make monsters out of girls, lovelace explores the memory of being in an abusive...

How do you untangle the real you from the curated you? In this introspective yet whimsical collection, poet Grant Chemidlin takes readers into the thicket of self-discovery.**Finalist for Lambda Literary Award - Gay Poetry   What We Lost in the...

From the author of paper girl and the knives that made her comes unfold, a poetic, aching, and hopeful retelling of realizations made while on the journey to healing from both loss of love and loss of self.Through poetry and short essays, unfold shows...

The fifth collection from poet Blake Auden, To Drown as a Cure for Thirst, is a delicate exploration of grief and how it affects—and is affected by—time and memory. Written in the wake of a global pandemic, the book touches on themes including...

“if you wish to read  the story of my people  look no further  than my body.” Pangaea is a collection of poetry about working through the trauma inflicted on a body, whether the trauma comes from a person, a country, or from within...

"Wear poetry as both perfume and armor."In Turning to Wallpaper, lush, elegant language contrasts with the disturbing and at times gruesome imagery to create a collection that knows exactly how to haunt the reader. Wong’s words and artistry are vibrant...

A lot can happen between the first sip of coffee and the last taste of whiskey.Coffee Days, Whiskey Nights is a collection of poetry, prose, and aphorisms that juxtaposes the hopefulness a brand new day can bring with the lingering thoughts that keep us...