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'Atmospheric and intoxicating' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS 'A joyous, lyrical read' YOMI ADEGOKE 'Hypnotic and freewheeling' GUARDIAN A Guardian Book of the Year ...

*May this book find the person it needs to. May they find every word they were looking for.* **I know you don't want to talk sometimes. Sometimes because it hurts and sometimes because you're just not supposed to talk about what you want to talk about...

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 FELIX DENNIS PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST COLLECTION*** AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4**'Warsan Shire is an extraordinarily gifted poet whose profoundly moving poems so powerfully give voice to the unspoken' Bernardine Evaristo'Vital, moving...

'Poetry, always foremost of the arts in traditional Africa, has continued to compete for primacy against the newer forms of prose fiction and theatre drama.' This wonderfully comprehensive anthology of African poetry has been expanded to include...

Spanning more than six decades of Sudan's post-independence history, this collection features work by some of Sudan's most renowned modern poets, largely unknown in the United States. Adil Babikir's extensive introduction provides a conceptual framework...

Advance Praise:'I deeply adore this shattering, sexy, funny book.' Megan Nolan'Totally compelling and brilliant. I couldn't put it down.' Cecilia Knapp'A dazzling, feather-light tour de force-witty and effervescent and insightful, and so sexy, and so...

*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE.* 'One of the greatest writers of our time' Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Perfect Nine is a glorious epic about the founding of Kenya's Gikuyu people and the ideals of beauty, courage and unity.Gikuyu and...

What elevates 'teaching my mother how to give birth', what gives the poems their disturbing brilliance, is Warsan Shire's ability to give simple, beautiful eloquence to the veiled world where sensuality lives in the dominant narrative of Islam;...

Diaspora is witnessing a murder without getting blood on your shirt.***WINNER OF THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST COLLECTION******A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023***'Exceptional... Mehri is a truly transnational poet of the twenty-first...

*Winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize 2018**Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award 2018*'A brilliant debut - a tender, nostalgic and, at times, darkly hilarious exploration of black boyhood, masculinity and grief. A gorgeous and necessary collection from one...

This dazzling debut announces a not-so-new voice: that of the spoken-word poet Tjawangwa Dema. Winner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets, Dema's collection, The Careless Seamstress, evokes the national and the subjective while...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556596292Author Akwaeke EmeziFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Copper Canyon PressPublisher Copper Canyon PressWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 221mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902709079Author Michael CresswellFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Hutton Press LtdPublisher Hutton Press Ltd

'An astounding debut . . . a book that seduces the brain . . . Millner's couplets enact high-wire acts of wit and poignancy.' New York Times'I've never read a better encapsulation of what it means to question a previously fixed idea of identity and...

2021 Lambda Literary Awards Finalist In this groundbreaking collection of poems, Sacrament of Bodies, Romeo Oriogun fearlessly interrogates how a queer man in Nigeria can heal in a society where everything is designed to prevent such restoration. With...

This beautiful collection of love poems gathers together thousands of years of timeless verse from around the world. From Shakespeare to Rossetti, traditional English classics sit alongside the works of Eastern writers such as Ibn 'Arabi and Rumi, as...

From the award-winning poet and playwright behind Barber Shop Chronicles, The Half-God of Rainfall is an epic story and a lyrical exploration of pride, power and female revenge. There is something about Demi. When...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374532475Author Mahmoud DarwishFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams)...

Press both feet to the ground. Place your hand on your heart. You are brave and capable. It will always be your time. An empowering and uplifting collection of poems from groundbreaking and award-winning poet Koleka Putuma, about figuring out who you...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945322082Author Billy ChapataFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Monarch Publishing, LLCPublisher Monarch Publishing, LLCWeight(grams)...

Gold Medal Winner for Poetry and Special Honours Award for Best of Anthology at the 2020 Nautilus Book Awards. One language is falling silent every two weeks. Half of the 7,000 languages spoken in the world today will be lost by the end of this century...

Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets 2018 Arab American Book Award Winner, Poetry "A taut debut collection of heartfelt poems."-Publishers WeeklyIn her dedication Safia Elhillo writes, "The January Children are the generation born in Sudan...

"Sir Isumbras," "Octavian," "Sir Eglamour of Artois," and "Sir Tryamour" are important works in a major literary development of the fourteenth century: the flourishing of Middle English popular romance. These four narratives were among the most popular;...

This concise guide to naval history and naval records is essential reading and reference for anyone researching the fascinating story of Britain's Navy and the men and women who served in it. Whether you are interested in the career of an individual...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913636968Author Funmi CokerFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint The Roaring Lion Newcastle LTDPublisher The Roaring Lion Newcastle LTDWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732695528Author Wiss AugusteFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Sentinel Creations PressPublisher Sentinel Creations PressWeight(grams)...

A fierce and lyrical collection of poetry celebrating the moments of triumph and beauty in our lives, as well as the moments of despair-recasting them as opportunities for growth.In this never-before-published collection, poet Upile Chisala grapples with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781389500039Author Director Andrew CampbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint BlurbPublisher BlurbWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 9mm

Silver Medal Winner for Poetry at the 2022 Nautilus Book Awards.A powerful new anthology depicting how love over the past two-and-a-half millennia has found its expression in the words of the world's greatest poets.No, Love Is Not Dead is a timely...

From Malawian storyteller Upile Chisala comes the revised and expanded edition of her debut book of poetry. soft magic is a collection of poetry and prose exploring the self, joy, blackness, gender, matters of the heart, the experience of Diaspora,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781991209153Author P R AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Dryad PressPublisher Dryad PressWeight(grams) 154gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 6mm

From the award-winning poet and playwright behind Barber Shop Chronicles, The Half-God of Rainfall is an epic story and a lyrical exploration of pride, power and female revenge. There is something about Demi. When...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789966467089Author Okot P'BitekFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint East African Educational PublishersPublisher East African Educational...

This stunning new collection from Nii Ayikwei Parkes features poems which embrace play, love and the ephemeral such as water bodies, blood/heritage, history and gossip; and a healthy dose of music and popular culture. Concerned with the phase of life...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995563537Author Francis CombesFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Smokestack BooksPublisher Smokestack Books

Candy-Coated Unicorns and Converse All Stars is a document of transformations: the possibilities that walk the fine line between the real and the surreal, the mundane and the extraordinary. Contemporary culture clashes with mythology as Bruce Lee angles...

The second in the ground-breaking mouthmark series, 13 Fairy Negro Tales is a vibrant pamphlet of contemporary poetry. In language scooped directly from a paintbrush, Inua Ellams announced his arrival on the poetry scene, with what has become a runaway...

Winner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets, The Kitchen-Dweller's Testimony asks: Whose testimony is valid? Whose testimony is worth recording? Osman's speakers, who are almost always women, assert and reassert in an attempt to establish...

Gabriel Okara, a prize-winning author whose literary career spans six decades, is rightly hailed as the elder statesman of Nigerian literature. The first Modernist poet of anglophone Africa, he is best known for The Fisherman's Invocation (1978), The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771680462Author Iain Sinclair ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Central Avenue PublishingPublisher Central Avenue PublishingWeight(grams) 246g