Nontraditional and Unique Poetry

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"A smash up of art and text that viscerally captures what it means to not be able to breathe, and how the people and things you love most are actually the oxygen you most need"-- Provided by publisher.

2) Apple: skin to the core : a memoir in words and pictures

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Gansworth, Eric L

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How about a book that makes you barge into your boss's office to read a page of poetry from? That you dream of? That every movie, song, book, moment that follows continues to evoke in some way? The term "Apple" is a slur in Native communities across the country. It's for someone supposedly "red on the outside, white on the inside." Eric Gansworth is telling his story in Apple (Skin to the Core). The story of his family, of Onondaga among Tuscaroras,...

3) Blackouts: a novel

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Torres, Justin

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"From the bestselling, acclaimed, beloved author of We the Animals, Blackouts mines lost histories--personal and collective"-- Provided by publisher.

4) Citizen: an American lyric

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Rankine, Claudia

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* Finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry *
* Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry * Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism * Winner of the NAACP Image Award * Winner of the L.A. Times Book Prize * Winner of the PEN Open Book Award *

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR:
The New Yorker, Boston Globe, The Atlantic, BuzzFeed, NPR. Los

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5) Crank

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Hopkins, Ellen

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Crank

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Kristina Georgia Snow disappears and Bree takes her place, Bree does drugs, gets pregnant, is defiant and is fighting for her life as Kristina.

6) The crossover

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Alexander, Kwame

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Crossover (Alexander)

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Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.

7) Dreaming of you: a novel in verse

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Lozada-Oliva, Melissa

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"A feverish story of young adulthood, exploring how fandom and obsession shape how we relate to the world . . . Dreaming of You navigates the complexities of Latinx identity, self-loathing, love, and the loneliness of drifting into adulthood." —Miguel Salazar, Vulture
"At the center of this exploration of insecurities, joys, and identity stands Melissa Lozada-Oliva—an unapologetic poet who isn’t afraid...

8) immortal soul salvage yard

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9) Inside out & back again

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Lai, Thanhha

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Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama.

10) A library

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Giovanni, Nikki

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Publisher Annotation: In what other place can a child "sail their dreams" and "surf the rainbow" without ever leaving the room? This ode to libraries is a celebration for everyone who loves stories, from seasoned readers to those just learning to love words, and it will have kids and parents alike imagining where their library can take them.

11) Long way down

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Reynolds, Jason

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As Will, fifteen, sets out to avenge his brother Shawn's fatal shooting, seven ghosts who knew Shawn board the elevator and reveal truths Will needs to know.

12) Louder than a bomb

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OWN documentary club

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Follows the fortunes of four Chicago-area high school poetry teams as they prepare for and compete in the world's largest youth slam.

13) Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish: A Novel

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Rakoff, David

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From the incomparable David Rakoff, a poignant, beautiful, witty, and wise novel in verse whose scope spans the twentieth century
Through his books and his radio essays for NPR's This American Life, David Rakoff has built a deserved reputation as one of the finest and funniest essayists of our time. Written with humor, sympathy, and tenderness, this intricately woven novel proves him to be the master of an altogether different art...

14) Night Sky with Exit Wounds

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Vuong, Ocean

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The New Yorker, The Best Books of Poetry of 2016
New York Times, Critics Pick
Boston Globe, Best Books listing
Miami Herald, Best LGBTQ Books
San Francisco Chronicle, Top 100 Books of the Year
Library Journal, Best Books of 2016

"There is a powerful emotional undertow to these poems that springs from Mr. Vuong's

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15) On Earth we're briefly gorgeous: a novel

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Vuong, Ocean

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"On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was born -- a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam -- and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation. At once a witness to the fraught yet undeniable love between...

16) Other words for home

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Warga, Jasmine

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Publisher Annotation: Jude never thought she?d be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. But when things in her hometown start becoming volatile, Jude and her mother are sent to live in Cincinnati with relatives. At first, everything in America seems too fast and too loud. The American movies that Jude has always loved haven?t quite prepared her for starting school in the US?and her new label of...

17) The Realm of Possibility

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Levithan, David

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This collection of linked poems from David Levithan, the author of the New York Times bestseller Every Day and the groundbreaking classic Boy Meets Boy and the co-author of Will Grayson, Will Grayson (with John Green), will introduce you to a world of unforgettable and emotionally resonant voices.

Here’s what I know about the realm of possibility—
it is always expanding, it is never...

18) This is the honey: an anthology of contemporary Black poets

19) A warning about swans

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Romero, R. M. (Rachael Maria)

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Swan maiden Hilde sacrifices her magical wings to seek freedom in the human world, but when her pact with an upstart baron takes her the court of Ludwig II, she struggles to fit in, and only Jewish artist Franz, who has the power to paint souls, can help her escape her newfound prison.

20) When the stars wrote back: poems

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Mateer, Trista

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In the vein of poetry collections like Milk and Honey and Light Filters In, this compilation of short, powerful poems from Instagram sensation Trista Mateer shines beauty and insight into relationships, love, growing up, and learning to cope. This hardcover collection features completely new material, plus some fan favorites from Trista's account. Filled with colored original artwork from Jess Cruickshank, this powerful collection unpacks how to heal...