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Citizen: An American Lyric

Citizen is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry collection by Claudia Rankine. The work explores systemic racism in America t...

American Hybrid Race Award

9.2 Excellent

2

WHEREAS

Layli Long Soldier’s *WHEREAS* examines the complexities of historical and contemporary relationships between the U.S. g...

American Indigenous Experimental Award

9.2 Excellent

3

Don't Call Us Dead

“Don’t Call Us Dead” is a poetry collection by Danez Smith exploring themes of Black queer life and survival. The work...

Black American Queer Award

9.1 Excellent

4

Incendiary Art

Incendiary Art is a collection of black American poetry exploring themes of social justice and political unrest. The wor...

Black American Political Award

9.0 Excellent

5

Averno

Louise Glück’s Averno examines themes of loss, memory, and the natural world through a reimagining of the Greek myth con...

Lyric American Mythic Award

8.9 Great

6

Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Night Sky with Exit Wounds is a debut poetry collection by American poet, Victoria Chang. The work explores themes of fa...

American Queer Debut Award

8.9 Great

7

American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin

This collection of sonnets by Terrance Hayes explores themes of race, identity, and violence within the American context...

American Political Sonnets Award

8.9 Great

8

Memorial Drive

Memorial Drive is a 2020 memoir by Natasha Trethewey, who served as U.S. Poet Laureate from 2012-2014 and won the Pulitz...

American Grief Natasha Trethewey Memoir Poetry

8.9 Great

9

Dunce

Dunce is a collection of American contemporary poems by James Harber. Noted for its experimental form and challenging su...

American Contemporary Experimental Award

8.8 Great

10

Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude

“Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude” is a poetry collection by Ross Gay exploring themes of appreciation and connection to t...

Nature American Gratitude Award

8.7 Great

11

The Renunciations

“The Renunciations” is a poetry collection by Casey Jacobsen exploring themes of grief and identity through a distinctly...

American Grief Queer Award

8.7 Great

12

Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah

Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah is a collection of poems by Black American poet, Shane Bauer. The work explores themes of rac...

Black Music American Award

8.6 Great

13

The Body's Question

Tracy K. Smith’s “The Body’s Question” is a debut poetry collection examining profound personal experiences through lyri...

Lyric American Debut Award

8.4 Great

14

Time Is a Mother

Ocean Vuong’s *Time Is a Mother* is a 2022 poetry collection exploring profound themes of loss, remembrance, and familia...

American Contemporary Grief Queer

8.4 Great

15

Modern Poetry

Diane Seuss’s *Modern Poetry* is a 2024 collection of American poetry exploring themes of memory, art, and identity thro...

American Contemporary Sonnets Award

8.4 Great

16

When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities

When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities is the 2017 debut poetry collection by Chinese American poet...

American Queer 2010S Asian American

8.4 Great

17

Bright Dead Things

Ada Limón’s *Bright Dead Things* is a poignant poetry collection exploring themes of nature, loss, and family through in...

Nature Lyric American Award

8.3 Great

18

Be Holding

Ross Gay’s *Be Holding* is a poetry collection centered around an iconic 1980 basketball play featuring Julius Erving. T...

Lyric American Basketball Award

8.2 Great

19

Soft Science

Franny Choi’s *Soft Science* examines complex themes through speculative poetry. The collection investigates artificial...

American Contemporary Speculative Asian American

8.2 Great

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Bestiary

Donika Kelly’s Bestiary is a 2016 poetry collection examining profound themes through the lens of mythic creatures. The...

American Mythic Queer Award

8.2 Great