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The Breakbeat Poets Vol. 4

Edited by Felicia Rose Chavez, José Olivarez, et al.

A BreakBeat Poets anthology that opposes silence and re-mixes the soundtrack of the Latinx diaspora across diverse poetic traditions.

Choice Words

Edited by Annie Finch

With reproductive freedom under unprecedented attack, Choice Words, edited by poet Annie Finch, takes back the cultural conversation on abortion.

Too Much Midnight

by Krista Franklin

Krista Franklin’s work emerges at the intersection of poetics, popular culture, and the dynamic histories of the African Diaspora. Krista lives in Chicago, IL.

Can I Kick It?

by Idris Goodwin

Award-winning poet and playwright Idris Goodwin interrogates and remixes our cultural past in order to make sense of our present and potential futures.

Crossfire

by Staceyann Chin

Powerhouse, world-renowned LGBTQ poet and spoken-word artist Staceyann Chin curates the first full-length collection of her poems.

Bloodstone Cowboy

by Kara Jackson

Kara Jackson’s Bloodstone Cowboy is a reclamation of her lineage, an affirmation of self, and a declaration of her right to contain...

1919

by Eve L. Ewing

Reflections on race, class, violence, segregation, and the hidden histories that shape our divided urban landscapes.

Build Yourself a Boat

by Camonghne Felix

Build Yourself a Boat redefines the language of collective and individual trauma through lyric and memory.

The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 3

Edited by Fatimah Asghar and Safia Elhillo

A BreakBeat Poets anthology of writings by Muslims who are women, queer, genderqueer, nonbinary, or trans.

Milwaukee Avenue

by Kevin Coval

“Milwaukee Avenue” is Kevin Coval's longest single poem, inspired by Frank O'Hara's “Second Avenue.” It wrestles with what...

On My Way To Liberation

by H. Melt

How do you imagine trans liberation while living in a cis world? On My Way To Liberation follows a gender nonconforming body moving through the...

Citizen Illegal

by José Olivarez

Citizen Illegal is a revealing portrait of life as a first generation immigrant, a celebration of Chicano joy, a shout against erasure, and a vibrant re-imagining of Mexican American life.

Graphite

by Patricia Frazier

Patricia Frazier’s Graphite is an ode to her grandmother and childhood home, the Ida B. Wells Projects, both which the poet lost to...

The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2

Edited by Mahogany L. Browne, Idrissa Simmonds, et al.

A BreakBeat Poets anthology to celebrate and canonize the words of Black women across the diaspora.

Human Highlight

by Kevin Coval and Idris Goodwin

Kevin Coval and Idris Goodwin pay poetic homage to slam dunk virtuoso Dominique Wilkins, and creativity & improvisation in the game of basketball.

Commando

by E'mon Lauren

E’mon Lauren’s poems take artifacts, language, and ephemera from life on Chicago’s Southside and Westside to create a manifesto...

The Whiskey of our Discontent

Edited by Quraysh Ali Lansana and Georgia A. Popoff

Reflections on the profound influence of poet, educator, and social activist Gwendolyn Brooks through examinations of her life and work.

My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter

by Aja Monet

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

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.

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