American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time

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American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our TimeA landmark anthology envisioned by Tracy K. Smith, 22nd Poet Laureate of the United States American Journal presents fifty contemporary poems that explore and celebrate our country and our lives. 22nd Poet Laureate of the United States and Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy K. Smith has gathered a remarkable chorus of voices that ring up and down the registers of American poetry. In the elegant arrangement of this anthology, we hear stories from rural

They brought with them firearms

Henrietta's cells have been bought and sold by the BILLIONS

she’s thrilled when Harlem-born and bred Hazel starts working in the cubicle beside hers

BEYOND THE INSTANT POT: Also included are thirteen bonus

and a friendship matures into something more

from her idyllic childhood to its modern nightmare

thought demons

The Falling Feather mobile features feathers forever suspended in weightlessness

Nor can her friends help—ripped apart by their own secrets

Hansberry was the first Black woman to have a play performed on Broadway

A group of sleek

Daiyu must draw on each of the selves she has been—including the ones she most wants to leave behind—in order to finally claim her own name and story