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The Top 10 Poetry Books of the 21st Century

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  • Afrofuturism
  • Aviator Books
  • Black Fairy Tale Books
  • Black History Books
  • Books about the Black Panther Party
  • Books by White Writers
  • Books of Erotica
  • Books Published Before 1860
  • Children’s Books from the 21st Century
  • Children’s from the 20th Century
  • Fiction Books from the 20th Century
  • Fiction Books of the 21st Century
  • Girl’s Hair Books
  • Horror
  • Most Offensive Books
  • Nonfiction Books from the 20th Century
  • Nonfiction Books from the 21st Century
  • Poetry Books of the 21st Century
  • Science Fiction Books
  • Steampunk Books
  • Sword and Soul Books
  • Urban Fiction Book – Post 1999
  • Urban Fiction Books – Pre 1999
  • Vampire Books

#1

Click for a larger image of Acolytes: Poems

Acolytes: Poems
by Nikki Giovanni

#2

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Cannibal
by Safiya Sinclair

#3

Click for a larger image of Citizen: An American Lyric

Citizen: An American Lyric
by Claudia Rankine

#4

Click for a larger image of Collected Poems: 1974–2004

Collected Poems: 1974–2004
by Rita Dove

#5

Click for a larger image of Head Off & Split: Poems

Head Off & Split: Poems
by Nikky Finney

#6

Click for a larger image of Life On Mars: Poems

Life On Mars: Poems
by Tracy K. Smith

#7

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Olio
by Tyehimba Jess

#8

Click for a larger image of Voyage of the Sable Venus: and Other Poems

Voyage of the Sable Venus: and Other Poems
by Robin Coste Lewis

#9

Click for a larger image of White Egrets: Poems

White Egrets: Poems
by Derek Walcott

#10

Click for a larger image of Wild Hundreds

Wild Hundreds
by Nate Marshall




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