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Pitt poetry seriesAcevedo, Elizabeth
Summary: "In her most famous spoken-word poem, author of the Pura Belpré-winning novel-in-verse The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo embraces all the complexities of Black hair and Afro-Latinidad--the history, pain, pride, and powerful love of that inheritance. Paired with full-color illustrations by artist Andrea Pippins in a format that will appeal to fans of Mahogany L. Browne's Black Girl Magic or Jason...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 811 ACEThakur, Sophia
Summary: "In her publishing debut, internationally acclaimed performance poet Sophia Thakur takes you on an intimate journey through love, loss, sacrifice, and self-discovery. In four parts -- titled Grow, Wait, Break, and Grow Again -- she shares her raw self and gives voice to experiences that connect people, inspiring readers to explore the tendencies of the heart." -- Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 811 THAGansworth, Eric
Summary: "The term "Apple" is a slur in Native communities across the country. It's for someone supposedly "red on the outside, white on the inside." Eric Gansworth is telling his story in Apple (Skin to the Core). The story of his family, of Onondaga among Tuscaroras, of Native folks everywhere. From the horrible legacy of the government boarding schools, to a boy watching his siblings leave and return...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 GANLevinson, Suzy
Summary: "What? You've never seen animals in pants? A dog in yoga pants, a goat in overalls, a yak in slacks? Animals in Pants presents a parade of impeccable poems about animals wearing perfectly pressed pants." -- inside front jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cameron Kids, Cameron + Company 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Hood, Susan
Summary: "An inspirational nonfiction novel-in-verse about Zhanna Arshanskaya, a young Ukrainian Jewish girl using the alias Anna, whose phenomenal piano-playing skills saved her life and the life of her sister, Frina, during the Holocaust-from award-winning author Susan Hood, with Zhanna's son, Greg Dawson"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ARSMarie, Aurielle
Summary: "Gumbo Ya Ya, Aurielle Marie's stunning debut, is a cauldron of hearty poems exploring race, gender, desire, and violence in the lives of Black gxrls, soaring against the backdrop of a contemporary South. These poems are loud, risky, and unapologetically rooted in the glory of Black gxrlhood. The collection opens with a heartrending indictment of injustice. What follows is a striking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Pittsburgh Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: 811 MARGibson, Andrea
Summary: A queer, political, and feminist collection guided by self-reflection. The poems range from close examination of the deeply personal to the vastness of the world, exploring the expansiveness of the human experience from love to illness, from space to climate change, and so much more in between. One of the most celebrated poets and performers of the last two decades, Andrea Gibson's trademark...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Button Publishing Inc. 2021