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Stillness in the Land of Speed

November 21, 2022 Jacar Press

Violeta Orozco

“Violeta Orozco offers a deep range of poetic sensibilities inside of plain talk and personal brown body politic. Stillness in the Land of Speed allows us to inhale the Atlantic and wade with the wisdom inside Yemaya’s skirt …

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Posted in: Books, New Voices Filed under: 2022 Publications, Contest Winners, Full-Length Collection, Latinx Poets, New Voices, Violeta Orozco, Women Poets
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If It Heals At All

November 23, 2020 Jacar Press

Ali Black

Available on Kindle.

“If It Heals At All defines personal moments that conjure reincarnations of straightforward sensibility with language that names, ‘my black is a heartbeat.’ Ali Black dares metaphors to not get it twisted as she creates …

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Posted in: Books, New Voices Filed under: 2020 Publications, Ali Black, Black Poets, Chapbook, New Voices, Women Poets
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Yes, We Be

February 5, 2018 Jacar Press

Patrick Howell

OUT OF STOCK.

Yes, We Be is an integrated-design poetry book that connects with the Black Arts Movement, Harlem Renaissance, and Afro-Futurism. Proceeds will benefit Black Lives Matter, SistaWRITE, and COR AME community programs.

“Patrick Howell’s Yes We …

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Posted in: Books, New Voices Filed under: 2018 Publications, Black Poets, Book Art, Full-Length Collection, New Voices, Patrick Howell
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Anonymous

January 12, 2018 Jacar Press

Monique-Adelle Callahan D.

Available on Kindle.

“Anonymous follows vulnerable bodies impelled to service-for work, lust, purgation, and song. Even that last knells from halls where ‘the applause is from the whips.’ This, the caustic art of Monique-Adelle’s often brutal debut: …

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Posted in: Books, New Voices Filed under: 2018 Publications, Black Poets, Full-Length Collection, Monique-Adelle Callahan D., New Voices, Women Poets
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Raising the Sky

August 30, 2016 Jacar Press

Howard Craft

Available on Kindle.

“Raising the Sky is unpretentious, attempts no lofty poetic experiments with heavy themes but rather surges with philosophy caked on the sneaker bottoms of young slickster/trickster wannabes, and top-shelf gold standard prose shuffled across army …

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Posted in: Books, New Voices Filed under: 2016 Publications, Black Poets, Full-Length Collection, Howard Craft, New Voices
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