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Kurt Boone
Kurt Boone NONE Kurt Boone is a prolific poet with over 350 works and 7 books to his name, including the acclaimed 'Looking For Myself'. Recognized by major media outlets, he has also worked as a mar...
Inside Grand Central Terminal - A Photo Essay
Inside Grand Central Terminal - A Photo Essay Kurt Boone 9780978994600 Nonfiction Tasora Books Tasora Books Inside Grand Central Terminal is a short memoir and photo essay about a messenger who rides ...
On the Subway - Poems
On the Subway - Poems Kurt Boone 9781934690000 Poetry Tasora Books Tasora Books On The Subway is a book of poetry written by Kurt Boone - a New York City messenger - while riding on MTA, the largest s...
Messenger Poet
Messenger Poet Kurt Boone 9781934690239 Poetry Tasora Books Tasora Books The Messenger World has influenced the founding of the graffiti arts movement, urban streetwear, the ubiquitous messenger bag a...
Bard of New York
Bard of New York Kurt Boone 9781481965354 Poetry CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Kurt Boone continues his “Messenger Poet” book and internet television series in “Bard of New York.” In “Bard of N...
Asphalt Warrior: The Story Of New York City’s Fastest Messenger
Asphalt Warrior: The Story Of New York City’s Fastest Messenger Kurt Boone 9781934690291 Nonfiction Tasora Books Tasora Books In New York City’s business districts, billion of dollars are traded every...
Looking for Myself
Looking for Myself Kurt Boone 9780805935707 Fiction Dorrance Publishing Dorrance Publishing Poetry by Kurt Boone; Read the book online at Google Books.
Georgia K. Boone
Georgia K. Boone NONE Georgia K. Boone is the author of the critically acclaimed YA novel And Other Mistakes, the editor of and a contributor to the YA horror anthology Can’t You See It’s Coming?: A...
Mark Allen Boone
Mark Allen Boone NONE Mark Allen Boone, born in 1951, is a former teacher and accomplished editor with over 30 years of experience. He authored two novels and served as the fiction editor of AIM Quar...
Subway Beats: Celebrating New York City Buskers
Subway Beats: Celebrating New York City Buskers Kurt Boone 9780764351822 Nonfiction Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. Immerse yourself in the raw energy and enthusiasm of New York Ci...
Can’t You See It’s Coming?: A Horror Anthology
Can’t You See It’s Coming?: A Horror Anthology Georgia K. Boone 9780358623359 Fiction Versify Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Oh say, can't you see, by the dawn's early light, what strange fruit and fear ...
Guildworks: Writings by the West Side Writers Guild
Guildworks: Writings by the West Side Writers Guild Mark Allen Boone 9780964955103 Nonfiction Blacksmith Books Blacksmith Books With its slick cover, solid editing, and often compelling work, Guildwor...
No Right Way to Do a Wrong Thing
No Right Way to Do a Wrong Thing Janice Pernell 9780986314919 Fiction Allen Creative Group Allen Creative Group Val Timmons lost one knight in shining armor and thought she’d found another. But after ...
Best Seller
Best Seller Hope C. Clarke 9781929279029 Fiction A New Hope Publishing A New Hope Publishing An aspiring writer who gets more than she bargains for when her favorite best-selling author, Dean hands he...
When We Almost Came Undone
When We Almost Came Undone Georgia K. Boone 9781250834874 Fiction Feiwel & Friends Macmillan Publishers A girl struggles to find hope with her sisters, her best friend, and a new crush as the country ...
I’ll Be Gone for Christmas
I’ll Be Gone for Christmas Georgia K. Boone 9780063244023 Fiction Avon Books HarperCollins USA TODAY BESTSELLER! For fans of The Holiday comes a heartwarming Christmas house-swap rom-com debut in whic...
And Other Mistakes
And Other Mistakes Georgia K. Boone 9781250834843 Fiction Feiwel & Friends Macmillan Publishers A queer Black girl has something to prove—not to others, but to herself—in this “standout novel” (Publis...
The Demise of Luleta Jones
The Demise of Luleta Jones Mark Allen Boone 9780977251506 Fiction Blacksmith Books Blacksmith Books A rare work where the literary novel and the mystery meet. Reporter Theo Pugh is obsessed with uncov...
Reunion
Reunion Mark Allen Boone 9780870673313 Fiction Holloway House Kensington Publishing Corp. Reunion is the story of two friends, and one man’s determination to find his origin. Mostly, it’s a story abou...
Poet On Watch
Poet On Watch NONE Poet On Watch is a renowned performance poet and multimedia artist, who collaborates globally as an independent art director. She's authored two poetry collections and has contribu...
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks 0000000081816650 Brooks was U.S. Consultant in Poetry, 1985-1986 (title was changed to U.S. Poet Laureate in 1986) Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (1917-2000) was an influential African-Am...
Natasha Trethewey
Natasha Trethewey 0000000084159051 Trethewey was U.S. Poet Laureate, 2012-2014 Natasha Trethewey, an American poet and winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for her collection “Native Guard,” was inspired...
Malik Canty
Malik Canty NONE Malik Canty, also known as the Word Bird, is a spiritual poet, teacher, and writer known for giving voice to the voiceless. He has performed at renowned venues including The Apollo T...
Mervyn Morris
Mervyn Morris 0000000122796976 Born in 1937, Mervyn E. Morris is a renowned Jamaican poet and scholar. A Rhodes Scholar and Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing & West Indian Literature, he was the...
“The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain”
“The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” Langston Hughes Article One of the most promising of the young Negro poets said to me once, “I want to be a poet—not a Negro poet,” meanin...
The Blue Clerk: Ars Poetica in 59 Versos
The Blue Clerk: Ars Poetica in 59 Versos Dionne Brand 9781478000068 Poetry Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books On a lonely wharf a clerk in an ink-blue coat inspects bales and bale...
Countee Cullen
Countee Cullen 0000000081534450 Countée Porter Cullen (1903-1946) was a prominent figure of the Harlem Renaissance, known for his poetry books “Color” and “Copper Sun.” He taught and mentored James ...
When Crack Was King: A People’s History of a Misunderstood Era
When Crack Was King: A People’s History of a Misunderstood Era Donovan X. Ramsey 9780525511816 Nonfiction Random House Publishing Group Penguin Random House Finalist For The National Book Critics Circ...
When Crack Was King: A People’s History of a Misunderstood Era
When Crack Was King: A People’s History of a Misunderstood Era Donovan X. Ramsey 9780525511809 Nonfiction One World Penguin Random House “A poignant and compelling re-examination of a tragic era in Am...
Top Billin’:Stories of Laughter, Lessons, and Triumph
Top Billin’:Stories of Laughter, Lessons, and Triumph Bill Bellamy 9780063237629 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins From the MTV trailblazer, stand-up comedian, and actor, a hilariously candid memoir th...
My Current Situation: An Atlanta Tale
My Current Situation: An Atlanta Tale Marlon McCaulsky 9781085994361 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published The engagement dinner for Rick Westbrook and Danielle Queen with their grou...
Faces of Praise!: Photos and Gospel Inspirations to Encourage and Uplift
Faces of Praise!: Photos and Gospel Inspirations to Encourage and Uplift Carol Mackey 9781478917526 Nonfiction FaithWords Hachette Book Group Photography by B. Jeffrey Grant-Clark This full-color p...
Loving Day: A Novel
Loving Day: A Novel Mat Johnson 9780812983661 Fiction One World Penguin Random House Named one of the Best Books of the Year by the San Francisco Chronicle • NPR • Men’s Journal • Th...
A Power Governments Cannot Suppress
A Power Governments Cannot Suppress Howard Zinn 9780872864757 Nonfiction City Lights Publishers City Lights Publishers "Thank you, Howard Zinn. Thank you for telling us what none of our leaders are wi...
Cerece Rennie Murphy
Cerece Rennie Murphy NONE Cerece Rennie Murphy, a science fiction enthusiast since age seven, has a rich background in social work and international relations. She transitioned into creative writing ...
Rasheed Newson
Rasheed Newson NONE Rasheed grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is the eldest of three children. He showed an early interest in reading poetry and fiction. Nikki Giovanni and Kurt Vonnegut were am...
Killing the Messenger: A Story of Radical Faith
Killing the Messenger: A Story of Radical Faith Kam Williams Book Review "When a 19 year-old member of a Black Muslim cult assassinated Chauncey Bailey in 2007—the most shocking killing...
Quentin Tarantino The “Django Unchained” Interview
Quentin Tarantino The “Django Unchained” Interview Kam Williams Interview Quentin Tarantino The “Django Unchained” Interview With a vibrant imagination and dedication to rich, layered storyt...
Bronx Masquerade (Bound for Schools & Libraries)
Bronx Masquerade (Bound for Schools & Libraries) Nikki Grimes 9780606404907 Fiction Turtleback Turtleback The beloved and award-winning novel now available in a new format with a great new cover! When...
Finding Someplace
Finding Someplace Denise Lewis Patrick 9781250079824 Fiction Square Fish Macmillan Publishers Reesie Boone just knows that thirteen is going to be her best year yet—this will be the year she makes her...
A Christmas Kiss
A Christmas Kiss Celeste O. Norfleet 9781496700506 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Warm up with these sweet and sexy holiday tales of love and romance…Sealed With A Kiss Celeste O. Norfleet...
Entangled In Freedom: A Civil War Story: The Street Life Series Youth Edition
Entangled In Freedom: A Civil War Story: The Street Life Series Youth Edition Ann Dewitt and Kevin M. Weeks 9781453555255 Nonfiction Xlibris Author Solutions """From the beginning of this [Civil War] ...
Bronx Masquerade
Bronx Masquerade Nikki Grimes 9780756929329 Fiction Perfection Learning Perfection Learning When Wesley Boone writes a poem for his high school English class, some of his classmates clamor to read the...
Amanda Gorman: Poet and Activist
Amanda Gorman: Poet and Activist L’Oreal Thompson Payton 9780593815144 Nonfiction Random House Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Learn all about Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet i...
Heav’nly Tidings From the Afric Muse: The Grace and Genius of Phillis Wheatley Poet Laureate of the American Revolution
Heav’nly Tidings From the Afric Muse: The Grace and Genius of Phillis Wheatley Poet Laureate of the American Revolution Richard Kigel 9781557789280 Nonfiction Paragon House Paragon House Foreword by N...
Eros Muse: Poems & Essays
Eros Muse: Poems & Essays Opal Palmer Adisa 9781592213986 Poetry Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Eros Muse examines the love affair between the poet and her muse. Personifyi...
Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde
Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde Alexis De Veaux 9780393019544 Poetry W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Audre Lorde (1934-1992) was the author of The Cancer Journals, and an ...
Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka 0000000446460520 Amiri Baraka, also known as LeRoi Jones, was a prolific 20th-century African American writer, poet, and Obie-winning playwright. Known for works such as “Blues People” a...
Goldie the Poet
Goldie the Poet NONE Goldie the Poet, a Bay-Area native and prominent alumnus of Leimert Park’s World Stage Poets, is a gifted actor and artist. With performances across the U.S. and Europe, his uniq...
muMs the schemer
muMs the schemer NONE Craig Grant, known as muMs the Schemer, is a poet and actor from the Bronx, New York. He rose to fame in the documentary SlamNation and through his role as “Poet” in HBO's Oz. H...
Patricia Spears Jones
Patricia Spears Jones 0000000031494569 Patricia Spears Jones, born in Arkansas, is the 2024 New York State Poet Laureate, a Jackson Poetry Prize laureate, and a cultural activist. An esteemed poet, p...
Robert Hayden
Robert Hayden 0000000114660665 Hayden was Named U.S. Poet Laureate for (1976–1978) Robert Hayden (1913-1980) was a renowned African-American poet, essayist, and educator. He was the first Africa...
Chaun Webster
Chaun Webster NONE Chaun Webster, a poet, publisher, and graphic designer, is influenced by the Black Arts Movement, Jazz, and Graffiti. He founded Free Poet’s Press in 2009 to encourage art producti...
Sharrif Simmons
Sharrif Simmons NONE Sharrif Simmons, a poet, musician, writer, and arts educator, has a performance career extending over three decades. Inspired by veteran poet Sonia Sanchez and influenced by vari...
Dream a Dress, Dream a Poem: Dressmaker and Poet, Myra Viola Wilds (a Picture Book)
Dream a Dress, Dream a Poem: Dressmaker and Poet, Myra Viola Wilds (a Picture Book) Nancy Johnson James 9781951836535 Nonfiction Abrams Books for Young Readers Abrams A poetic picture book biography a...
Amanda Gorman
Amanda Gorman Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara 9780711270718 Nonfiction Frances Lincoln Children’s Books The Quarto Group In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little P...
Dance We Do: A Poet Explores Black Dance
Dance We Do: A Poet Explores Black Dance Ntozake Shange 9780807091876 Nonfiction Beacon Press Beacon Press In her first posthumous work, the revered poet crafts a personal history of Black dance and c...
Who Put This Song On?
Who Put This Song On? Morgan Parker 9780525707516 Fiction Delacorte Press Penguin Random House Unflinchingly irreverent, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartbreakingly honest. —Elizabeth Acevedo, National ...
Poet’s Market 2018: The Most Trusted Guide for Publishing Poetry
Poet’s Market 2018: The Most Trusted Guide for Publishing Poetry Robert Lee Brewer 9781440352676 Nonfiction Writer’s Digest Books Writer’s Digest Books The most trusted guide to publishing poetry! Wan...
The Lazarus Poems
The Lazarus Poems Kamau Brathwaite 9780819576873 Poetry Wesleyan University Press Wesleyan University Press This new book by the great Barbadian poet Kamau Brathwaite is characteristically sui generis...
The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013
The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013 Derek Walcott 9780374125615 Poetry Farrar, Straus and Giroux Macmillan Publishers A collection spanning the whole of Derek Walcott’s celebrated, inimitable, essen...
Dave The Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave
Dave The Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave Laban Carrick Hill 9780316107310 Nonfiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group To us it is just dirt, the ground we walk on… But to Dave it...
VIDEO: Amiri Baraka: Evolution of a Revolutionary Poet
VIDEO: Amiri Baraka: Evolution of a Revolutionary Poet Troy Johnson Article Amiri Baraka: Evolution of a Revolutionary PoetExhibit at Zambezi Bazaar in conjunction with the Leimert Park Book Fair.Ami...
Sister Outsider: Essays And Speeches
Sister Outsider: Essays And Speeches Audre Lorde 9781580911863 Nonfiction Crossing Press Crossing Press Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, SISTER ...
Tai Chi Morning: Snapshots of China
Tai Chi Morning: Snapshots of China Nikki Grimes 9780812627077 Nonfiction Cricket Books Cricket Media Tai Chi Morning is simply, as the title implies, snapshots of China seen through the lens of a poe...
Livin’ the Blues: Memoirs of a Black Journalist and Poet
Livin’ the Blues: Memoirs of a Black Journalist and Poet Frank Marshall Davis 9780299135041 Nonfiction University of New Orleans Press University of New Orleans Press Frank Marshall Davis was a promin...
Blue Notes: Essays, Interviews, And Commentaries
Blue Notes: Essays, Interviews, And Commentaries Yusef Komunyakaa 9780472066513 Poetry University of Michigan Press University of Michigan Press Blue Notes offers an assortment of poet Yusef Komunyak...
Jim Daniels
Jim Daniels 0000000055106495 James Raymond Daniels, born 1956, is an American poet and writer from Detroit, Michigan. He currently resides in Pittsburgh with his wife, poet Kristin Kovacic, and their...
Jasmine Mans
Jasmine Mans NONE Jasmine Mans, a Black American poet and artist from Newark, NJ, is a University of Wisconsin Madison graduate. Author of the 2012 poetry collection, Chalk Outlines of Snow Angels, a...
DuEwa M. Frazier
DuEwa M. Frazier NONE DuEwa Frazier is an accomplished writer, educator, and poet, renowned for her literary contributions and educational initiatives. Born in Brooklyn and raised in St. Louis, she f...
Eugene B. Redmond
Eugene B. Redmond 0000000117637604 Eugene B. Redmond, an American poet and academic, is renowned for his connection to the Black Arts Movement. A St. Louis native, Redmond earned degrees from Souther...
George Moses Horton
George Moses Horton 000000006316904X George Moses Horton (1798–1884) was the first African American poet to be published in the Southern US, while still enslaved. His notable works include “The Hop...
Rita Dove
Rita Dove 0000000114709625 Dove was U.S. Poet Laureate, 1993-1995 Rita Dove, former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner, is known for her poetry collections, novel, and drama. She's been reco...
Saul Williams
Saul Williams 0000000055187280 Saul Williams, hailed as the “Bob Marley of American poets” is a celebrated poet, actor, and spoken-word artist. Known for his vibrant and fearless writing, Williams ha...
Tracy K. Smith
Tracy K. Smith 0000000049042106 Smith was U.S. Poet Laureate, 2017-2019 Tracy K. Smith, born 1972, is a Pulitzer-winning poet and educator. She has published three poetry collections and teaches creat...
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor 0000000038283932 Trinidad-born, Queens-bred Cheryl Boyce Taylor is a celebrated poet and visual artist. She's authored several poetry collections, received the Partners in Writing...
Heru Ptah
Heru Ptah NONE Heru Ptah is a multifaceted writer, known for his work as a poet, novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He's appeared on HBO's Def Poetry Jam, CNN, and has a novel published by MTV B...
Suheir Hammad
Suheir Hammad 0000000084052510 Suheir Hammad, born October 25, 1973, is a Palestinian-American poet, author, performer, and activist renowned for her work in the spoken-word scene. She's had success ...
Dionne Brand
Dionne Brand 0000000109071487 “The best poetry jolts and shocks, it mines language for what we have not seen, have not heard.” Dionne Brand is an acclaimed poet and novelist, known for win...
Robert Lee Brewer
Robert Lee Brewer NONE Robert Lee Brewer is a Senior Content Editor at Writer's Digest, author, and was voted Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere in 2011. He is known for his expertise in editing, onlin...
Juan Boria
Juan Boria NONE Jaime Torres Torres, known as Juan Boria, was a celebrated Puerto Rican poet and actor born in 1906. Despite humble beginnings, he earned a university degree and taught for 37 years. ...
Julian Randall
Julian Randall NONE Julian Randall, a Queer Black poet from Chicago, has received multiple fellowships and was named 2015's Best Poet at CUPSI. He curates for Winter Tangerine Review and is pursuing ...
Jamila Woods, Mahogany L. Browne, and Idrissa Simmonds
Jamila Woods, Mahogany L. Browne, and Idrissa Simmonds MULTIPLE Jamila Woods, a Chicago-based poet influenced by Lucille Clifton and Gwendolyn Brooks, explores themes of blackness and womanhood. Maho...
Alice Dunbar-Nelson
Alice Dunbar-Nelson 0000000081179540 Check out Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson (1875-1935) was an acclaimed American journalist, political act...
Shauntay Grant
Shauntay Grant 0000000082860020 Shauntay Grant is a Halifax-based writer and performance artist. She's written multiple children's books, including award-winning 'Up Home' and 'Africville'. Grant als...
r.h. Sin
r.h. Sin NONE Reuben Holmes, known as r.h. Sin, is a New York Times bestselling poet from New Brunswick, N.J. Overcoming a difficult upbringing through his love for writing, Sin currently lives in Ne...
J. Drew Lanham
J. Drew Lanham NONE J. Drew Lanham is a distinguished author, poet, and professor of Wildlife Ecology. Known for his books 'Sparrow Envy' and 'The Home Place', he's recognized with a MacArthur Grant ...
Warsan Shire
Warsan Shire 0000000401939810 Warsan Shire, a Somali British writer and poet, is renowned for her chapbooks, and for winning the inaugural Brunel International African Poetry Prize. She was London's ...
Pat Parker
Pat Parker 0000000106773440 Pat Parker (1944-1989) was a renowned African-American, lesbian-feminist poet and performer. Notable works include 'Jonestown & Other Madness' and 'Movement in Black'. She...
Brenda Marie Osbey
Brenda Marie Osbey 000000002513556X Brenda Marie Osbey, born in 1957, is a distinguished poet from New Orleans who served as Louisiana's Poet Laureate from 2005-2007. She specializes in Afro-Francoph...
Fabu Phillis Carter
Fabu Phillis Carter NONE Poet Fabu was appointed Madison's Poet Laureate in 2008 and served in that position until 2012. Fabu Phillis Carter, professionally known as Poet Fabu, was appointed Madison’...
At the Gate: Uncollected Poems 1987-2010
At the Gate: Uncollected Poems 1987-2010 Lucille Clifton 9781960145987 Poetry BOA Editions BOA Editions At the Gate gathers more than seventy previously unpublished poems by the iconic American poet L...
A Poem for Evangeline, And Other Songs
A Poem for Evangeline, And Other Songs Kevin Powell 9798218824440 Poetry Get Fresh Books Publishing Get Fresh Books Publishing “Kevin Powell is one of this country’s most poignant literary voices. Pow...
No More Worlds to Conquer: The Black Poet in Washington, DC
No More Worlds to Conquer: The Black Poet in Washington, DC Brian Gilmore 9781647126551 Nonfiction Georgetown University Press Georgetown University Press A history of Black poets in Washington, DC, r...
Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women
Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women Sandra Guzmán 9780063052598 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins “Full of heart and wisdom, Daughters of Latin America she...
Encounters with James Baldwin: Celebrating 100 Years
Encounters with James Baldwin: Celebrating 100 Years Kadija Sesay and Cheryl Robson 9781913641412 Nonfiction Aurora Metro Books Aurora Metro Publications Encounters with James Baldwin celebrates the c...
Blues in Stereo: The Early Works of Langston Hughes
Blues in Stereo: The Early Works of Langston Hughes Langston Hughes 9781538768914 Poetry Legacy Lit Hachette Book Group Publishers Weekly’s Top Ten Fall 2024 Poetry Books From Harlem Renaissance po...