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Any poetry fans in these parts who might recommend some poets or poetry anthologies? (beehaw.org)
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[–] Kamirose@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Margaret Atwood’s Dearly helped me through a time of grief.

Danez Smith’s Don’t Call Us Dead is a collection that deals with police violence against black people, and about AIDS in the queer community. One poem in it made me instantly cry.