Argueta, Jorge
Summary: In this new cooking poem, Jorge Argueta brings us a fun and easy recipe for a yummy salsa. A young boy and his sister gather the ingredients and grind them up in a molcajete, just like their ancestors used to do, singing and dancing all the while.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: SPANISH J468 ARGGraham, Jorie
Summary: "A collection of poems by Jorie Graham"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Copper Canyon Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 GRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 811 GRAGuillén, Jorge
Summary: Jorge Guillen, one of the great poets of the Generation of '27, went into voluntary exile during the Spanish Civil War, and spent many years in the U.S. and in Latin America. This far ranging selection of poems provides fresh insights into our shared culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: City Lights Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 GUIJudge, Lita
Summary: A free verse biography of Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, featuring over 300 pages of black-and-white watercolor illustrations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 811 JUDJohnson, Amaud Jamaul
Summary: "Imperial Liquor is a chronicle of melancholy, a reaction to the monotony of racism. These poems concern loneliness, fear, fatigue, rage, and love; they hold fatherhood held against the vulnerability of the black male body, aging, and urban decay. Part remembrance, part swan song for the Compton, California of the 1980s, Johnson examines the limitations of romance to heal broken relationships...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Pittsburgh Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 JOHPiercy, Marge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 PIECodjoe, Ama
Summary: "Ama Codjoe's highly anticipated debut collection brings generous light to the inner dialogues of women as they bathe, create art, make and lose love. Each poem rises with the urgency of a fully awakened sensual life"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Milkweed Editions 2022
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: 811 CODSidman, Joyce
Summary: "With magical, concise and perceptive poems, Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman captures the life of a tree frog in an intimate and moving way. A master of the science note, her fascinating sidebars help bind the twin poems together and ground our perspective. We learn how treefrogs have sticky toe pads, how they still themselves when in danger, how they can change from green to gray to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SIDSidman, Joyce
Summary: "Poems addressed to the earth itself explore scientific concepts including plate tectonics, water cycles, and the creation of tides"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 SIDGorman, Amanda
Summary: "Presidential inaugural poet and #1 New York Times bestselling author Amanda Gorman and Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Honor winner Christian Robinson have created a timeless message of hope. Sometimes the world feels broken. And problems seem too big to fix. But somehow, we all have the power to make a difference. With a little faith, and maybe the help of a friend, together we can...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GORGorman, Amanda
Summary: "On January 20, 2021, Amanda Gorman became the sixth and youngest poet, at age twenty-two, to deliver a poetry reading at a presidential inauguration. Her inaugural poem, "The Hill We Climb," is now available to cherish in this special edition."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2021
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 GORCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 GORMoore, Amanda.
Summary: A collection of poetry from the 2020 winner of the National Poetry Series, selected by Ocean Vuong.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 MOOGorman, Amanda
Summary: Gorman explores history, language, identity, and erasure through an imaginative and intimate collage. Harnessing the collective grief of a global pandemic, her poems shine a light on a moment of reckoning and reveal that Gorman has become a messenger from the past, our voice for the future. The final poem in the book is The hill we climb, which was read at President Joseph Biden's 2021...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2021
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 GORCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 GORSidman, Joyce
Summary: Branches are all around us: in butterfly wings, on gecko toes, in flowers, frost, and mud. Whether as electricity moving across the sky or rivers flowing to the sea, branches are nature's most efficient way to spread and to connect. They are even found inside our own bodies, helping us reach and grow with each breath and heartbeat. Branches--strong, hopeful, beautiful--are the shape of life....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 581.4 SIDCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 581.4 SIDGorman, Amanda
Summary: Gorman explores history, language, identity, and erasure through an imaginative and intimate collage. Harnessing the collective grief of a global pandemic, her poems shine a light on a moment of reckoning and reveal that Gorman has become a messenger from the past, our voice for the future. The final poem in the book is The hill we climb, which was read at President Joseph Biden's 2021...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 811 GORBruchac, Joseph
Summary: "Through poems that capture the essence of each person's life, acclaimed Native American writer Joseph Bruchac introduces readers to famous indigenous leaders from The Peacemaker in 1000 A.D. to modern day dancer Maria Tallchief and Cherokee chief Wilma Mankiller. Each poem is illustrated by a modern-day tribally enrolled artist."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reycraft Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 BRUOates, Joyce Carol
Summary: The first poetry collection in twenty-five years by the National Book Award-winning author observes the human heart and mind while exploring subjects ranging from politics and racism to poverty and loss.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 811 OATCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 OATAbraham, George
Summary: Through poems of immense emotion, and the use of alluring form, Abraham crafts work that examines what we come to own by existing. Birthright begs readers to stay, to stay lucid, to stay alive, to stay present in this very moment; as it knows now is all we are guaranteed. As trauma seeps through generations, can the body deconstruct its own inheritance? In a world that only takes, what is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Button Poetry / Exploding Pinecone Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.6 ABRSinger, Marilyn.
Summary: A collection of short poems called reversos which, when reversed, provide new perspectives on the fairy tale characters they feature.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2010