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  • My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter

    by Aja Monet
    Powerful, poetic meditations on motherhood, sisterhood, spirituality, solidarity, displacement/gentrification, racism, and sexism.

  • A People's History of Chicago

    by Kevin Coval
    Named "Best Chicago Poet" by The Chicago Reader, Kevin Coval channels Howard Zinn to celebrate the Windy City's hidden history.

  • Inauguration

    by Idris Goodwin and Nico Wilkinson
    Inauguration is a collection of ten poems written in reaction to the onset of the Trump era.

  • 1989, The Number

    by Kevin Coval and Nate Marshall
    For hip-hop heads 89 was the peak of the Golden Era and the Crack Epidemic.

  • Before the Next Bomb Drops

    by Remi Kanazi
    Before the Next Bomb Drops explores the Israeli occupation of Palestine and US militarism through a poetic lens.

  • The BreakBeat Poets

    Edited by Kevin Coval, Quraysh Ali Lansana, et al.
    A first-of-its-kind anthology of hip-hop poetica written for and by the people.

  • More than an Athlete

    by Etan Thomas
    In this, his first collection of poems, Etan Thomas defies the stereotype of the a-political athlete.

  • Schtick

    by Kevin Coval
    Poet Kevin Coval offers both tragedy and comedy in this stirring exposition on the Jewish American cultural experience.

  • Voices of the Future

    by Etan Thomas
    NBA star Etan Thomas helps give voice to the poetic and socially conscious ideas of young people.

  • L-vis Lives!

    by Kevin Coval
    L-vis Lives! in this poetic novella on the collision of race, art, and appropriation in American culture.

  • Poetry and Protest

    Edited by Aisha Karim and Lee Sustar
    A vital original collection of the interviews, poetry, and essays of the much-loved anti-apartheid leader.