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Made in Michigan writers seriesBeardslee, Lois
Summary: Words like Thunder: New and Used Anishinaabe Prayers is a collection of poetry by award-winning Ojibwe author Lois Beardslee. Much of the book centers around Native people of the Great Lakes but has a universal relevance to modern indigenous people worldwide. Beardslee tackles contemporary topics like climate change and socioeconomic equality with a grace and readability that empowers readers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 BeardsleeHarjo, Joy
Summary: A stunning new volume from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States, informed by her tribal history and connection to the land
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 Harjo 2019Atwood, Margaret
Summary: This collection of poems addresses themes such as love, loss, the passage of time, the nature of nature, and, zombies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Random House, Ltd. 2020
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1 available in Adult Audiobooks, Call number: CDBK 811.54 AtwoodCrockett, Jim
Summary: "There is such vigor and reverence for language and memory here: the incarnate and intimated, observable world. Jim Crockett's EXIT WOUNDS collects vital poems worthy of welcome and close reading." -- Thomas Lynch.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan Writers Cooperative Press 2012
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MC 811.52 CrockSummary: "In Tales of Two Americas, some of the literary world's most exciting writers look beyond numbers and wages to convey what it feels like to live in this divided nation. Their extraordinarily powerful stories, essays, and poems demonstrate how boundaries break down when experiences are shared, and that in sharing our stories we can help to alleviate a suffering that touches so many...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 Tales 2017Miller, Rhett
Summary: Shares humorous poems about such subjects as disco baths, sneaky sisters, nose hairs, and wanting a dog.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Non-fiction, Call number: J 811.6 MillerAtwood, Margaret
Summary: The internationally acclaimed author presents her first collection of poetry in over a decade that addresses themes such as love, loss, the passage of time, nature, and zombies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 AtwoodFoxworthy, Jeff.
Summary: In this hilarious collection of poems, comedian Jeff Foxworthy creates a neighborhood filled with fun, family, friends, and more. Here you'll meet Cousin Lizzy, Uncle Ed and Aunt Foo Foo, cows with horns that don't go beep, dads in sweaters, also sheep. From the thrill of flying to the imaginary planet Woosocket to bonding with a friend over a shared hatred of spinach, these poems capture the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Children's Books 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Non-fiction, Call number: J 811.54 FoxMoore, Clement Clarke
Summary: Features a well-known poem about an important Christmas Eve visitor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Non-fiction, Call number: HOLIDAY J 811.54 MooreWalker, Alice
Summary: "Alice Walker, author of the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning The Color Purple--"an American novel of permanent importance" (San Francisco Chronicle)--crafts a bilingual collection that is both playfully imaginative and intensely moving. Presented in both English and Spanish, Alice Walker shares a timely collection of nearly seventy works of passionate and powerful poetry that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 37 Ink / Atria Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 Walker 2018Gansworth, Eric
Summary: "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, of Native folks everywhere. From the horrible legacy of the government boarding schools, to a boy watching his siblings leave and return...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Y 921 GansworthOrgill, Roxane
Summary: When Esquire magazine planned an issue to salute the American jazz scene in 1958, graphic designer Art Kane pitched a crazy idea: how about gathering a group of beloved jazz musicians and photographing them? He didn't own a good camera, didn't know if any musicians would show up, and insisted on setting up the shoot in front of a Harlem brownstone. Could he pull it off? In a captivating...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016