A marvelous mix of insights and profundity… Froilan’s impressive, insightful collection of short poems shimmers with reflection, perception, and spiritual profundity. Self-doubt, insecurity, and the fear of failure and ridicule serve as the catalysts for the book’s underlying theme of… Read More ›
A darkly erotic celebration of love… New love, sex, motherhood, heartbreak, and loneliness stay at the heart of Black’s latest collection. Drawing from her own experience, Black skillfully captures the despair, evolution, and growth along with the spirit and gist… Read More ›
A bold, memorable, and capacious collection… In his gorgeously visceral third volume in Bar Poems, the award-winning McNair explores love, life, death, hope, and self-loathing. “Grateful, Dead” examines the inevitable nature of death whereas “Roaches” and “This Will Not Go… Read More ›
Refreshing… Powerful. Coker’s impressive debut pulses with rhythms and assertiveness as it talks defiance against accepted order. The uplifting and inspiring “What Were You Told” urges all females, from a girl child to a mature woman, to believe in their… Read More ›
A piercing meditation on life, love, oppression, and freedom… Taiwo gathers the expanse of human experience of love, life, and death in his debut collection of poems. The images that tumble from the collection are both stunning and uplifting, whether… Read More ›
Evocative and beautifully haunting… Hollow uses speculative poetry to transcend a heartbroken lover’s grief in his haunting debut, a collection of short poems. Set against a haunted house backdrop, the collection comprises a sequence of poems, containing fragments from the… Read More ›
Rich and poignant… An affecting journey through life’s experiences… Simultaneously sad and hopeful, this collection of 100 short poems by Thomas describes with candor and passion the everyday struggles people go through all the time, particularly the mental health problems…. Read More ›
A poignant collection that captures both the raw sorrows and joys of human existence… Akinyemi weaves his exuberant latest collection of poems around the themes of depression and mental health problems. With candor and verve, he captures the pain of… Read More ›
Candid and lingering… A compelling collection. Passionate and profound, Pack’s soulful collection of thirty poems takes the reader on a ride into the wild abandonment and chaos of a depressed mind as it embarks on a journey of self-love and… Read More ›
Sincere and candid… Reflecting on love, loss, betrayal, grief, healing, and acceptance, unLYSHed chronicles the various phases of life in a series of deeply felt poems in her impressive debut. Ranging in emotions, the poems cover different stages of life—sowing,… Read More ›
