Browsing: Poetry

Europe

Blood Water Paint

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“Tragically relevant and unflinchingly feminist” (Mackenzi Lee): In 17th-century Rome, talented Artemisia Gentileschi paints in anonymity — until she speaks out against her rapist. “An impassioned, lushly described account of a young woman who refuses to dwell in secret shame” (Chicago Tribune).

Fiction

The Poet X

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A National Book Award winner and New York Times bestseller with over 41,000 five-star Goodreads ratings: While navigating her place in the world, Xiomara puts her passion into performing spoken word. “A story that will slam the power of poetry and love back into your heart” (Laurie Halse Anderson).

Action and Adventure

Eaters of the Dead

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An “excellent” New York Times bestseller (Library Journal): When Ibn Fadlan accompanies Viking warriors to their homeland, he discovers a threat to their survival — and he himself must defeat it… “Crichton knows how to craft a tale, one that keeps the reader turning the pages” (Houston Chronicle).

Children's

Long Way Down

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Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature Parents’ Choice Gold Award Winner An Entertainment Weekly Best YA…

Literary Fiction

Devotions

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From a Pulitzer Prize–winning author called “as visionary as Emerson” (The Nation) comes a New York Times bestselling collection of transformative poetry. “It’s as if the poet herself has sidled beside the reader and pointed us to the poems she considers most worthy of deep consideration” (Chicago Tribune).