Please enjoy this curated reading list that highlights some of our best and brightest poetry and literary published works.
The Keloids We Heal: Trauma, Spirituality, and Black Modernity in Literature
Sarah Soanirina Ohmer
Corporeal and spiritual healing in literature by women of colors.
- “Nina Simone in Liberia,” “The International Sweethearts of Rhythm,” and “That Black String Was Grief” by Kassy Lee (Vol. 8, Iss. 2)
- “In the Breath” and “Moonlight” by El Williams, III (Vol. 8, Iss. 1)
- “Four Jazz Poems from Indonesia” (Vol. 7, Iss. 2) with an introduction by Otto Stuparitz. The poems are ordered chronologically, starting with W.S. Rendra’s “Lagu Malarn” (Night Song) (1961), followed by Goenawan Mohamad’s “Orfeus Sajak” (Orpheus Verse) (2006), and concluding with Dwi Cahya Yuniman’s “Sekedar Jazz dan Sccangkir Java” (Just Jazz and a Cup of Java) (2020) and “4 Haiku Jazz” (4 Jazz Haikus) (2021).
- “Sojurn,” “Reverie,” and “Antidote to Midnight Grief” by Kira Tucker (Vol. 7, Iss. 1)
Be sure to check out our Poetry Month/Jazz Appreciation Month blog to learn more!
Lingering Inland: A Literary Tour of the Midwest
Edited by Andy Oler
Foreword by José Olivarez
Vignettes by writers engaging with prominent and obscure Midwestern locales.
“The Mind and (Its) Emotions in Old Norse Literature” by Sif Rikhardsdottir.” The Journal of English and Germanic Philology (2024) 123 (4): 512–532.
Whose Beloved Community?: The Intersections of Black and LGBTQ Civil Rights
Edited by Dwight A. McBride, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, and Justin A. Joyce
A roadmap toward inclusion and justice.
“Carina Karlsson’s Märket as ‘Glocal’ Literature” by Susan C. Brantly. Journal of Finnish Studies (2023) 26 (2): 145–155.
“Integrating Italian American Literature into the Multiethnic Syllabus” by Olivia Kate Cerrone, Kathy Curto, and Julia Lisella.” Diasporic Italy: Journal of the Italian American Studies Association (2022) 2: 86–103.
Tengo Sed: An Anthology of Works Celebrating Black Voices, Identities, and Personhood
Edited by Yndia Lorick-Wilmot and Natasha Gordon-Chipembere
African-descended writers across genres communing together to amplify Black creativity and liberation.
Lincoln’s Poetry: The Creative Life of a Leader
Christopher Sullivan
How verse colored the thinking and enhanced the life of the sixteenth president.
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought (OPEN ACCESS)
The most recent issue of Dialogue, Vol. 58, Iss. 4,featured the work of several poets, including:
- “This Quickening: Sleepless, Past Mid-life” and “Routes for Grieving” by Dixie Partridge
- “Megachile,” “Junco hyemalis,” and “Lauds: Psalm 90:14” by Justin Evans
- “Startled Awake” by SJ Larson
In Italian Americana Vol. 43, Iss. 1, the featured poet was Mary Jo Salter, who contributed an essay “A Writer’s Genealogy” and several poems. Other poetry includes:
- “Monthly Eye Shots” by Maryfrances Wagner
- “Herakles” by Stephen Campiglio
- “In Praise of Vertigo” by Paola Bruni