Sealey Challenge 2025

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29 participants (314 books)

01 Aug 2025—31 Aug 2025

Overview

Read one book of poetry every day during the month of August.

The Sealey Challenge was started by the poet Nicole Sealey in 2017. 

Challenge Books

All books added
Gin Considered As a Demon (Elysian Press poetry series) by Diane Middlebrook

Gin Considered As a Demon (Elysian Press poetry series)

Diane Middlebrook

70 pages • 1983

poetry informative inspiring medium-paced
Autopsy by Donte Collins

Autopsy

Donte Collins

51 pages • paperback • 2017

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Super Sad Black Girl by Diamond Sharp

Super Sad Black Girl

Diamond Sharp

72 pages • paperback • 2021

nonfiction poetry race emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Incontinence by Susan Hahn

Incontinence

Susan Hahn

98 pages • paperback

nonfiction poetry medium-paced
Love House by Frank X Walker

Love House

Frank X Walker

92 pages • paperback

poetry
Our Dark Academia by Adrienne Raphel

Our Dark Academia

Adrienne Raphel

122 pages • paperback

nonfiction autobiography memoir poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
Remains by Lou Willingham

Remains

Lou Willingham

52 pages • digital • 2023 user-added

nonfiction poetry
The Twenty-Ninth Year by Hala Alyan

The Twenty-Ninth Year

Hala Alyan

99 pages • digital • 2019

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin by Terrance Hayes

American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin

Terrance Hayes

112 pages • paperback • 2018

nonfiction poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson

Autobiography of Red

Red #1

Anne Carson

149 pages • paperback • 1998

fiction lgbtqia+ literary poetry reflective slow-paced