I'm Totally Killing Your Vibes, by Ahren Warner

Staff Pick

A real gem of contemporary poetry, Warner's collection is as lovable as it is accessible. Tender and sweet yet gritty and humorous, the poems move from Airbnb reviews to reviews of Warner's own work via Cardi B, Drake, and inflatable flamingos. When not facing the anxieties of contemporary existence, this young British poet paints classic vignettes of love lacquered with a millennial gloss--and unlikely as it seems, he will have you laughing and longing for sunnier days drenched with sadness.

 

 

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$17.95
ISBN: 9781780376028
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Published: Bloodaxe Books - January 3rd, 2023

Divine Blue Light (for John Coltrane), by Will Alexander

Staff Pick

Inspired by Coltrane, Alexander writes poems of such abstraction and vigor that the reader can’t but be in awe--awe not only at the vistas suddenly made visible, but awe as well at the poet's sheer technique. Alexander is a master of his craft, and every poem has the power of a miracle. 

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ISBN: 9780872868700
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Published: City Lights Books - November 29th, 2022

The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us From the Void, by Jackie Wang

Staff Pick

Wang’s first collection of poetry features a surreal post-apocalyptic dreamscape that encompasses worlds wielding sunflowers and stubborn, unrelenting hope. This transgressive and radical work urges us to counter the  cataclysmic with imagined realms that push back against the forces of darkness, even if we seem to have accepted them as our new normal. Insisting on communities built of care and solidarity, Wang repudiates the bleak, individualistic crises we've doomed ourselves to, showing that with dreams we can find endless possibilites, breathe freely, and, like sunflowers,grow strong by reaching toward the light. 

 

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ISBN: 9781643620367
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Published: Nightboat Books - February 2nd, 2021

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