#NationalPoetryMonth 2020 Reading List

Thirty poetry collections in 30 days. Shout outs to all the used bookstores and library sales where we found so many of these classics. There are more than a few of these volumes that go for ridiculous amounts of dollars (that do not reach the poet or presses) on internet web sites. Don’t fall for it. When bookstores open again it is worth it to take the time to look for some of these treasures. Love to Barb who found so many of these.

1. Vivas To Those Who Have Failed: Poems, Martín Espada – W. W. Norton & Company – 2017
2. Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems, 1988-2000, Lucille Clifton – Boa Editions – 2008
3. Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah: Poems, Patricia Smith – Coffee House Press – 2012
4. Poems, Roque Dalton – Curbstone Press – 1984
   Translation by Richard Schaaf
5. The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: Poems, Joy Harjo – Norton – 1996
6. Revolutionary Letters, Diane di Prima – City Lights Books – 1974
7. Arrival: Poems, Cheryl Boyce-Taylor – Triquarterly Books, Northwestern University Press – 2017
8. The Planet Of the Dead, Ren̩ Vaz РNomadic Press Р2017
9. Cruelty: Poems, Ai – Houghton Mifflin – 1973
10. There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonc̩, Morgan Parker РTin House Books Р2017
11. Notes on the Assemblage, Juan Felipe Herrera – City Lights Books – 2015
12. This Side Of Early: Poems, Naomi Ayala – Curbstone Press – 2008
13. To Disembark, Gwendolyn Brooks – Third World Press – 1981
14. Clap For Me: That’s Not Me, Paola Capó-Garcia – Rescue Press – 2018
15. Immigrants in Our Own Land & Selected Early Poems, Jimmy Santiago Baca – New Directions Publishing – 1990
16. Under Flag, Myung Mi Kim – Kelsey St. Press, 1991
17. The Crazy Bunch, Willie Perdomo – Penguin Books – 2019
18. Night Is a Sharkskin Drum, Haunani-Kay Trask – University Of Hawaii Press – 2002
19. The Psalms Of Struggle and Liberation, Ernesto Cardenal – Herder and Herder – 1971
    Foreword by Thomas Merton, Translation by Emile G. McAnany, Photography by Robert Rush
20. Whereas, Layli Long Soldier – Graywolf Press – 2017
21. The Country Between Us, Carolyn Forch̩ РHarper & Row Р1981
22. Shadowboxing: Poems & Impersonations, Joseph Rios – Omnidawn Publishing – 2017
23. Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park: Poems, Nellie Wong – Kelsey St. Press – 1977
24. Calendar Of Dust, Benjamin Alire Sáenz – Broken Moon Press – 1991
25. Nappy Edges* (*the roots of your hair/ what turns back when we sweat, run, make love, dance, get afraid, get happy: the tell-tale sign of living/), Ntozake Shange – St. Martin’s Press – 1978
26. In Search of Duende, Federico García Lorca – New Directions Publishing – 1998
27. Profeta Without Refuge, Raina León – Nomadic Press – 2016
28. Puerto Rican Obituary, Pedro Pietri – Monthly Review Press – 1973
29. while they sleep (under the bed is another country), Raquel Salas Rivera – Birds, LLC – 2019
30. Song Of Protest, Pablo Neruda – Quill – 1985
    Foreword and translation by Miguel Algarín