About Time: Poems

By: David Duchovny

From acclaimed author, actor, and singer-songwriter David Duchovny, a deeply personal, existential, and insightful debut poetry collection.

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Abstraktion und Einfühlung

By: Percival Everett

Percival Everett enriches the ranks of Chris Abani’s acclaimed Black Goat poetry series.

Auto Mechanic’s Daughter

By: Karen Harryman

Harryman’s lyrical voyage launches Nigerian author Chris Abani’s visionary new poetry imprint, Black Goat, with an introduction by Maurya Simon.

Colaterales/Collateral

By: Dinapiera Di Donato

The debut winner of the Paz Prize for Poetry, presented by the National Poetry Series.

Coming Up Hot: Eight New Poets from the Caribbean

Edited by: Akashic Books and Peepal Tree Press

Eight talented Caribbean poets are featured in this second publication from Peekash Press.

Conduit

By: Khadijah Queen

Chris Abani’s acclaimed Black Goat series presents the debut collection from one of America’s most promising young poets.

Controlled Decay

By: Gabriela Jauregui

A highly ambitious and visionary poetry debut from the first Mexican author in Chris Abani’s acclaimed Black Goat series.

eel on reef

By: Uche Nduka

A truly exciting American debut from a Nigerian writer on Chris Abani’s new poetry imprint, Black Goat, with an introduction by Kwame Dawes.

Eight New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set

Edited by: Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani

This nine-piece box set, an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project, features the work of eight African poets.

Gomer’s Song

By: Kwame Dawes

Award-winning poet Kwame Dawes explores the insidious nature of power and the limits of protest for Chris Abani’s Black Goat poetry series.

I Offer My Heart as a Target / Ofrezco mi corazón como una diana

By: Johanny Vázquez Paz

Introducing the new winner of the Paz Prize for Poetry, given by the National Poetry Series, featuring an introduction by Rigoberto González, and presented in both Spanish and English.

Ima and Coli Are the Tree That Was Never a Seed / Ima y coli son el arbol que nunca fue semilla

By: Alejandro Pérez-Cortés

The new winner of the Paz Prize for Poetry, granted by the National Poetry Series, is the author’s impressionistic homage to his hometown of Colima, Mexico.

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The Infinite Loop / El Lazo Infinito

By: Oneyda González

A wonderful book from the latest winner of the Paz Prize for Poetry, granted by the National Poetry Series, that explores the interconnection between pain, love, and hope

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Kumi: New-Generation African Poets, A Chapbook Box Set

Edited by: Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani

This 10-piece, limited-edition box set—an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project—features the work of nine new African poets.

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The Lesser Tragedy of Death

By: Cristina Garcia

The highly anticipated debut poetry collection from the best-selling author of Dreaming in Cuban.

Miami Century Fox

By: Legna Rodríguez Iglesias

A bilingual—English and Spanish—collection by the 2017 winner of the Paz Prize for Poetry, presented by the National Poetry Series.

New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Nane)

Edited by: Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani

This fourteen-piece, limited-edition box set—an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project—features the work of thirteen new African poets.

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New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Nne)

Edited by: Chris Abani and Kwame Dawes

This eleven-piece, limited-edition box set—an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project—features the work of ten new African poets.

New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba)

By: Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani

This twelve-piece, limited-edition box set—an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project—features the work of eleven new African poets.

New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Sita)

Edited by: Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani

This eleven-piece, limited-edition box set—an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project—features the work of ten new African poets.

New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Tano)

By: Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani

This twelve-piece, limited-edition box set—an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project—features the work of eleven new African poets.

New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Tatu)

Edited by: Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani

This limited-edition nine-piece box set, an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project, features the work of new African poets.

Nine Coins/Nueve monedas

By: Carlos Pintado

The winner of the Paz Prize for Poetry, presented by the National Poetry Series; published in both English and Spanish.

Post-Volcanic Folk Tales

By: Mackenzie Polonyi

A winner of the National Poetry Series, selected by acclaimed poet Ishion Hutchinson, Post-Volcanic Folk Tales is “incendiary art.”

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Providential

By: Colin Channer

Best-selling writer Colin Channer’s debut poetry collection tackles the unlikely literary figure of the Jamaican policeman.

The Ravenous Audience

By: Kate Durbin

A startling debut volume, part of Chris Abani’s Black Goat poetry series.

So Many Islands: Stories from the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Indian, and Pacific Oceans

By: Nicholas Laughlin, Nailah Folami Imoja and Marlon James

Brand-new fiction, essays, and poems from seventeen island countries around the world.

So Much Things to Say: 100 Poets from the First Ten Years of the Calabash International Literary Festival

Edited by: Kwame Dawes and Colin Channer

Robert Pinsky and Derek Walcott anchor this groundbreaking, soulful poetry collection.

Tender Headed

By: Olatunde Osinaike

Tender Headed, selected by Camille Rankine as a winner of the 2022 National Poetry Series, is a musical and formally playful meditation on Black identity and masculinity

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Tisa: New-Generation African Poets, A Chapbook Box Set

By: Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani

This twelve-piece, limited-edition box set—an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project—features the work of eleven new African poets.

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to be hung from the ceiling by strings of varying length

By: Rick Reid

Young poet Rick Reid enters the pantheon of Chris Abani’s Black Goat poetry series.

Toward a Living Archive of African Poetry

Edited by: Kwame Dawes, Chris Abani and Siwar Masannat

Celebrating ten years of New-Generation African Poets, Toward a Living Archive of African Poetry presents Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani’s unprecedented disquisition on the state of African poetry.

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82nd Division

By: D.M. Aderibigbe

Forthcoming: 12/2/25

Selected by acclaimed poet/novelist Colin Channer for the National Poetry Series, 82nd Division is a lustrous love song to the author’s native Nigeria

Now available for preorder. All preorders will ship on or before December 2, 2025.

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Kumi Na Moja: New-Generation African Poets, A Chapbook Box Set

Edited by: Chris Abani and Kwame Dawes

Forthcoming: 12/2/25

This 11 piece, limited-edition box set—an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project—features the work of ten new African poets.

Now available for preorder. All preorders will ship on or before December 2, 2025.

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A Sun Behind Us / Un sol caído avanza

By: María Auxiliadora Álvarez

Forthcoming: 12/2/25

An illuminating new collection from the latest winner of the Paz Prize for Poetry, selected by Germán Guerra and granted by the National Poetry Series; published in both English and Spanish.

A Sun Behind Us/Un sol caído avanza representa el iluminado poemario ganador del Premio Paz de Poesía otorgado por la Serie Nacional de Poesía. El libro premiado en el año 2024 ha sido seleccionado por Germán Guerra y será publicado en edición bilingüe (español-inglés).

Now available for preorder. All preorders will ship on or before December 2, 2025.

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