TOL Periodical Recs 2024 - hosted by the_open_library

Contemporary BIPOC Poetry
Poetry collections for this prompt should not be novels in verse, but actual poetry collections. They should be written by BIPOC authors and focus on BIPOC experiences. Poems should belong to/occur in the present.
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Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems by Joy Harjo

Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems

Joy Harjo

160 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
The Tradition by Jericho Brown

The Tradition

Jericho Brown

110 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Call Us What We Carry: Poems by Amanda Gorman

Call Us What We Carry: Poems

Amanda Gorman

3 hours, 32 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction poetry politics race emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Colour of Black and White by Liz Lochhead

The Colour of Black and White

Liz Lochhead

112 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
Girls That Never Die by Safia Elhillo

Girls That Never Die

Safia Elhillo

144 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction feminism poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz

Postcolonial Love Poem

Natalie Diaz

105 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

Warsan Shire

80 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir poetry dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza by Mosab Abu Toha

Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

Mosab Abu Toha

129 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Felon: Poems by Reginald Dwayne Betts

Felon: Poems

Reginald Dwayne Betts

112 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
And We Rise by Erica Martin

And We Rise

Erica Martin

160 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction historical poetry race young adult emotional informative medium-paced