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American poetry American poetry 21st century Brown, Henry Box 1815 or 1816- Brown, Henry Box 1815 or 1816- Poetry Juvenile literature Children's poetry, American Minnesota Slavery Slavery Poetry Juvenile literature Underground Railroad Underground Railroad Poetry Juvenile literatureOndaatje, Michael
Summary: "Following several of his internationally acclaimed, beloved novels, A Year of Last Things is Michael Ondaatje's long-awaited return to poetry. In pieces that are sometimes wittily funny, moving, and always wise, we journey back through time by way of alchemical leaps, unearthing writings by revered masters, moments of shared tenderness, and abandoned landscapes we hold onto to rediscover the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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Summary: "Picture book adaptation of US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo's iconic poem, Remember"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE HARCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HARTyler, Michael.
Summary: Rhyming text and illustrations celebrate being content with the skin in which one lives, whatever that skin might be. With the ease and simplicity of a nursery rhyme, this lively story delivers an important message of social acceptance to young readers. Themes associated with child development and social harmony, such as friendship, acceptance, self-esteem, and diversity are promoted in simple...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Children's Museum 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TYLLee, Michael
Summary: "The Only Worlds We Know is a nuanced and tactile look at both addiction, and what comes after. Patient meditations on loss and the land where the people we love live and are also buried. An award winning short film of Michael Lee's poem "Pass On" helped to break stereotypes about poetry and pave the way for thousands of poets to broadcast their work in video as well as in print."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Button Poetry/Exploding Pinecone Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.6 LEEMcClure, Michael
Summary: "The final book of poems from a Beat Generation legend, Mule Kick Blues finds McClure restlessly innovating until the end. Completed over the last years of his life, Mule Kick Blues is the final book of poems by Beat Generation legend Michael McClure. Taking its title from an innovative sequence of homages to blues musicians like Leadbelly, Willie Dixon, and Howlin' Wolf, and evoking Kerouac's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: City Lights Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 MCCKleber-Diggs, Michael
Summary: "Worldly Things is the 2020 winner of the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize, selected by Henri Cole"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Milkweed Editions 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 KLEWeatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: Henry Brown wrote that long before he came to be know as "Box," he "entered the world a slave." He was put to work as a child and passed down from one generation to the next -- as property. When he was an adult, his wife and children were sold away from him out of spite. Henry Brown watched as his family left, bound in chains, headed to the deeper South. What more could be taken from him? But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Prss 2020