Browse Books: Poetry / American / African American & Black

The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country (Hardcover) By Amanda Gorman, Oprah Winfrey (Foreword by) $15.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Above Ground (Hardcover) By Clint Smith $27.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Call Us What We Carry: Poems (Hardcover) By Amanda Gorman $24.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now
Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Letters, Recipes, and Remembrances (Hardcover) By Kwame Alexander $28.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Citizen: An American Lyric (Paperback) By Claudia Rankine $20.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020 (Paperback) By Carl Phillips $20.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now
Life on Mars: Poems (Paperback) By Tracy K. Smith $16.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	A Fortune for Your Disaster (Paperback) By Hanif Abdurraqib $16.95 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Him (Paperback) By Pierre Alex Jeanty, Sarah Plamondon (Editor), Celia James (Cover Design by) $15.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now
The Crown Ain't Worth Much (Paperback) By Hanif Abdurraqib $16.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Playlist for the Apocalypse: Poems (Paperback) By Rita Dove $15.95 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women (Hardcover) By Maya Angelou $15.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now

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Banned or challenged books - a small selection

The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale (Pantheon Graphic Library) By Art Spiegelman Cover Image

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story By Nikole Hannah-Jones (Created by), The New York Times Magazine (Created by), Caitlin Roper (Editor), Ilena Silverman (Editor), Jake Silverstein (Editor) Cover Image

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning By Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi Cover Image

A Light in the Attic By Shel Silverstein, Shel Silverstein (Illustrator) Cover Image

The Hate U Give: A Printz Honor Winner By Angie Thomas, Amandla Stenberg (Foreword by) Cover Image

The Bluest Eye (Vintage International) By Toni Morrison Cover Image

Halloween Books

Stranger Things: Heroes and Monsters (Choose Your Own Adventure) By Rana Tahir, Patrick Spaziante (Illustrator), Katherine Spaziante (Illustrator) Cover Image

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Three Books to Chill Your Bones: All 3 Scary Stories Books with the Original Art! By Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell (Illustrator) Cover Image

Something Wicked This Way Comes: A Novel By Ray Bradbury Cover Image

Edgar Allan Poe: Collected Works (Leather-bound Classics) By Edgar Allan Poe, A. J. Odasso (Introduction by) Cover Image

A Halloween Scare in St. Louis By Eric James, Marina Le Ray (Illustrator) Cover Image

Vegetables in Halloween Costumes By Jared Chapman Cover Image

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