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LGBTQIA Poets

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A list of recent poetry by LGBTQIA+ poets selected by librarians at The Seattle Public Library. (Updated June 2021)

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by Abi-Karam, Andrea

Book - 2019

A poetic critique of nationalism, patriarchy & gender embedded in an explosive & unapologetic trauma narrative. -- publisher's copy A poetic critique of nationalism, patriarchy & gender embedded in an explosive & unapologetic trauma narrative. -- publisher's copy Show less

A poetic critique of nationalism, patriarchy & gender embedded in an explosive & unapologetic trauma narrative. -- publisher's copy A poetic critique of nationalism, patriarchy & gender embedded in an explosive & unapologetic trauma narrative. -- publisher's copy Show less

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Birthright

Birthright

Poems

by Abraham, George

Book - 2020

Palestinian American poet/activist Abraham highlights the plight of the Palestinian people in caustic, free-flowing language. This is poetry not just read but laceratingly felt. -- Library Journal Palestinian American poet/activist Abraham highlights the plight of the Palestinian people in caustic, free-flowing language. This is poetry not just read but laceratingly felt. -- Library Journal Show less

Palestinian American poet/activist Abraham highlights the plight of the Palestinian people in caustic, free-flowing language. This is poetry not just read but laceratingly felt. -- Library Journal Palestinian American poet/activist Abraham highlights the plight of the Palestinian people in caustic, free-flowing language. This is poetry not just read but laceratingly felt. -- Library Journal Show less

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The Voice of Sheila Chandra

The Voice of Sheila Chandra

by Ali, Kazim

Book - 2020

Much of what the poet has presented to us is painful, yes, but it is also beautiful in how it uses voice as a symbol for continued imagination. Altogether, The Voice of Sheila Chandra is both an excavation and compilation of our survival. -- NPR Much of what the poet has presented to us is painful, yes, but it is also beautiful in how it uses voice as a symbol for continued imagination. Altogether, The Voice of Sheila Chandra is both an excavation and compilation of our survival. -- NPR Show less

Much of what the poet has presented to us is painful, yes, but it is also beautiful in how it uses voice as a symbol for continued imagination. Altogether, The Voice of Sheila Chandra is both an excavation and compilation of our survival. -- NPR Much of what the poet has presented to us is painful, yes, but it is also beautiful in how it uses voice as a symbol for continued imagination. Altogether, The Voice of Sheila Chandra is both an excavation and compilation of our survival. -- NPR Show less

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After Rubén

After Rubén

Poems + Prose

by Aragón, Francisco

Book - 2020

An author, editor, and translator, Aragón brings every tool of his trades to the dexterously erudite, unabashedly personal, and deeply sensitive poems in this dynamic hybrid collection, a decade in the making. -- Booklist An author, editor, and translator, Aragón brings every tool of his trades to the dexterously erudite, unabashedly personal, and deeply sensitive poems in this dynamic hybrid collection, a decade in the making. -- Booklist Show less

An author, editor, and translator, Aragón brings every tool of his trades to the dexterously erudite, unabashedly personal, and deeply sensitive poems in this dynamic hybrid collection, a decade in the making. -- Booklist An author, editor, and translator, Aragón brings every tool of his trades to the dexterously erudite, unabashedly personal, and deeply sensitive poems in this dynamic hybrid collection, a decade in the making. -- Booklist Show less

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If They Come for Us

If They Come for Us

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by Asghar, Fatimah

Book - 2018

Honest, personal, and intimate without being insular or myopic, Asghar's collection reveals a sense of strength and hope found in identity and cultural history. -- Publishers Weekly Honest, personal, and intimate without being insular or myopic, Asghar's collection reveals a sense of strength and hope found in identity and cultural history. -- Publishers Weekly Show less

Honest, personal, and intimate without being insular or myopic, Asghar's collection reveals a sense of strength and hope found in identity and cultural history. -- Publishers Weekly Honest, personal, and intimate without being insular or myopic, Asghar's collection reveals a sense of strength and hope found in identity and cultural history. -- Publishers Weekly Show less

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The Galleons

The Galleons

Poems

by Barot, Rick

Book - 2020

This ambitious new work by multi-award-winning poet Barot (Chord) presents his family's immigration from the Philippines to America as part of a larger investigation: What is history, and how does it comprise our stories? -- Library Journal This ambitious new work by multi-award-winning poet Barot (Chord) presents his family's immigration from the Philippines to America as part of a larger investigation: What is history, and how does it comprise our stories? -- Library Journal Show less

This ambitious new work by multi-award-winning poet Barot (Chord) presents his family's immigration from the Philippines to America as part of a larger investigation: What is history, and how does it comprise our stories? -- Library Journal This ambitious new work by multi-award-winning poet Barot (Chord) presents his family's immigration from the Philippines to America as part of a larger investigation: What is history, and how does it comprise our stories? -- Library Journal Show less

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Indigo

Indigo

by Bass, Ellen

Book - 2020

Bass (Like a Beggar, 2014), recipient of three Pushcart Prizes and a Lambda Literary Award, presents a bold and passionate new collection assessing the human experience. -- Booklist Bass (Like a Beggar, 2014), recipient of three Pushcart Prizes and a Lambda Literary Award, presents a bold and passionate new collection assessing the human experience. -- Booklist Show less

Bass (Like a Beggar, 2014), recipient of three Pushcart Prizes and a Lambda Literary Award, presents a bold and passionate new collection assessing the human experience. -- Booklist Bass (Like a Beggar, 2014), recipient of three Pushcart Prizes and a Lambda Literary Award, presents a bold and passionate new collection assessing the human experience. -- Booklist Show less

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This Wound Is A World

This Wound Is A World

by Belcourt, Billy-Ray

Book - 2019

The new edition of a prize-winning memoir-in-poems, a meditation on life as a queer Indigenous man--available for the first time in the United States. -- publisher's copy The new edition of a prize-winning memoir-in-poems, a meditation on life as a queer Indigenous man--available for the first time in the United States. -- publisher's copy Show less

The new edition of a prize-winning memoir-in-poems, a meditation on life as a queer Indigenous man--available for the first time in the United States. -- publisher's copy The new edition of a prize-winning memoir-in-poems, a meditation on life as a queer Indigenous man--available for the first time in the United States. -- publisher's copy Show less

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Fantasia for the Man in Blue

Fantasia for the Man in Blue

by Blount, Tommye

Book - 2020

Through charged words, masterful line breaks, and ekphrasis and persona pieces, these poems blur the line between intimacy and violence. -- Publishers Weekly Through charged words, masterful line breaks, and ekphrasis and persona pieces, these poems blur the line between intimacy and violence. -- Publishers Weekly Show less

Through charged words, masterful line breaks, and ekphrasis and persona pieces, these poems blur the line between intimacy and violence. -- Publishers Weekly Through charged words, masterful line breaks, and ekphrasis and persona pieces, these poems blur the line between intimacy and violence. -- Publishers Weekly Show less

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The Tradition

The Tradition

by Brown, Jericho

Book - 2019

A consummate craftsman, Brown conveys emotional and provocative content through plainspoken yet subtly lyrical forms whose delicacy only heightens the sub...Show more A consummate craftsman, Brown conveys emotional and provocative content through plainspoken yet subtly lyrical forms whose delicacy only heightens the subversive force of his ideas, which can be delivered with unabashed, declarative candor. -- Library Journal Show less

A consummate craftsman, Brown conveys emotional and provocative content through plainspoken yet subtly lyrical forms whose delicacy only heightens the sub...Show more A consummate craftsman, Brown conveys emotional and provocative content through plainspoken yet subtly lyrical forms whose delicacy only heightens the subversive force of his ideas, which can be delivered with unabashed, declarative candor. -- Library Journal Show less

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Water I Won't Touch

Water I Won't Touch

by Candrilli, Kayleb Rae

Book - 2021

Candrilli (All the Gay Saints) delivers a candid and tender collection that explores a personal history fraught with addiction and a father's violence while examining the aftermath of a double mastectomy. -- Publishers Weekly Candrilli (All the Gay Saints) delivers a candid and tender collection that explores a personal history fraught with addiction and a father's violence while examining the aftermath of a double mastectomy. -- Publishers Weekly Show less

Candrilli (All the Gay Saints) delivers a candid and tender collection that explores a personal history fraught with addiction and a father's violence while examining the aftermath of a double mastectomy. -- Publishers Weekly Candrilli (All the Gay Saints) delivers a candid and tender collection that explores a personal history fraught with addiction and a father's violence while examining the aftermath of a double mastectomy. -- Publishers Weekly Show less

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Past Lives, Future Bodies

Past Lives, Future Bodies

by Chang, K-Ming

Book - 2018

Kristin Chang emerges as an urgent, sumptuous voice, a poet of numerous gifts and intellectual dexterity who we’ll be reading for years to come. -- The Adroit Journal Kristin Chang emerges as an urgent, sumptuous voice, a poet of numerous gifts and intellectual dexterity who we’ll be reading for years to come. -- The Adroit Journal Show less

Kristin Chang emerges as an urgent, sumptuous voice, a poet of numerous gifts and intellectual dexterity who we’ll be reading for years to come. -- The Adroit Journal Kristin Chang emerges as an urgent, sumptuous voice, a poet of numerous gifts and intellectual dexterity who we’ll be reading for years to come. -- The Adroit Journal Show less

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Crossfire

Crossfire

A Litany for Survival : Poems 1998-2019

by Chin, Staceyann

Book - 2019

Chin is still uncategorizable, but hardly miscellaneous. Rather, she speaks for and to those on the margins as well as those who are still mustering their voices. -- The Adroit Journal Chin is still uncategorizable, but hardly miscellaneous. Rather, she speaks for and to those on the margins as well as those who are still mustering their voices. -- The Adroit Journal Show less

Chin is still uncategorizable, but hardly miscellaneous. Rather, she speaks for and to those on the margins as well as those who are still mustering their voices. -- The Adroit Journal Chin is still uncategorizable, but hardly miscellaneous. Rather, she speaks for and to those on the margins as well as those who are still mustering their voices. -- The Adroit Journal Show less

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Guillotine

Guillotine

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by Corral, Eduardo C.

Book - 2020

In his latest, corruscatingly brilliant collection, Yale Younger Poet Corral (Slow Lightning) communicates a sense of loss and betrayal along the Mexican-...Show more In his latest, corruscatingly brilliant collection, Yale Younger Poet Corral (Slow Lightning) communicates a sense of loss and betrayal along the Mexican-American border in a multivoiced narrative that becomes a single story, a single low wail. -- Library Journal Show less

In his latest, corruscatingly brilliant collection, Yale Younger Poet Corral (Slow Lightning) communicates a sense of loss and betrayal along the Mexican-...Show more In his latest, corruscatingly brilliant collection, Yale Younger Poet Corral (Slow Lightning) communicates a sense of loss and betrayal along the Mexican-American border in a multivoiced narrative that becomes a single story, a single low wail. -- Library Journal Show less

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Water/tongue

Water/tongue

by Doan, Mai C.

Book - 2019

In a slim volume of tightly worded poems, Doan has created a framework through which to view her own processing of intergenerational trauma. -- Booklist In a slim volume of tightly worded poems, Doan has created a framework through which to view her own processing of intergenerational trauma. -- Booklist Show less

In a slim volume of tightly worded poems, Doan has created a framework through which to view her own processing of intergenerational trauma. -- Booklist In a slim volume of tightly worded poems, Doan has created a framework through which to view her own processing of intergenerational trauma. -- Booklist Show less

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Un-American

Un-American

by Geter, Hafizah

Book - 2020

Geter's vivid debut invokes the pain of familial dislocation, illness, and death, exacerbated by the twin plagues of xenophobia and racism. -- Publishers Weekly Geter's vivid debut invokes the pain of familial dislocation, illness, and death, exacerbated by the twin plagues of xenophobia and racism. -- Publishers Weekly Show less

Geter's vivid debut invokes the pain of familial dislocation, illness, and death, exacerbated by the twin plagues of xenophobia and racism. -- Publishers Weekly Geter's vivid debut invokes the pain of familial dislocation, illness, and death, exacerbated by the twin plagues of xenophobia and racism. -- Publishers Weekly Show less

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Lord of the Butterflies

Lord of the Butterflies

by Gibson, Andrea (Poet)

Book - 2018

Propelled by all that is raw, heartfelt, and confessional, this fifth collection from Gibson (Take Me With You) is a tour de force of performance poetry. -- Publishers Weekly Propelled by all that is raw, heartfelt, and confessional, this fifth collection from Gibson (Take Me With You) is a tour de force of performance poetry. -- Publishers Weekly Show less

Propelled by all that is raw, heartfelt, and confessional, this fifth collection from Gibson (Take Me With You) is a tour de force of performance poetry. -- Publishers Weekly Propelled by all that is raw, heartfelt, and confessional, this fifth collection from Gibson (Take Me With You) is a tour de force of performance poetry. -- Publishers Weekly Show less

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Dub

Dub

Finding Ceremony

by Gumbs, Alexis Pauline

Book - 2020

The concluding volume in a poetic trilogy, Alexis Pauline Gumbs's Dub: Finding Ceremony takes inspiration from theorist Sylvia Wynter, dub poetry, and oce...Show more The concluding volume in a poetic trilogy, Alexis Pauline Gumbs's Dub: Finding Ceremony takes inspiration from theorist Sylvia Wynter, dub poetry, and ocean life to offer a catalog of possible methods for remembering, healing, listening, and living otherwise. -- publisher's copy Show less

The concluding volume in a poetic trilogy, Alexis Pauline Gumbs's Dub: Finding Ceremony takes inspiration from theorist Sylvia Wynter, dub poetry, and oce...Show more The concluding volume in a poetic trilogy, Alexis Pauline Gumbs's Dub: Finding Ceremony takes inspiration from theorist Sylvia Wynter, dub poetry, and ocean life to offer a catalog of possible methods for remembering, healing, listening, and living otherwise. -- publisher's copy Show less

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Catrachos

Catrachos

Poems

by Guzmán, Roy G.

Book - 2020

In his debut collection, NEA fellow Guzmán braids together his immigrant family's life and his own queer coming of age, with side trips to a series of "Queerodactyl" poems featuring an outspoken dinosaur. -- Library Journal In his debut collection, NEA fellow Guzmán braids together his immigrant family's life and his own queer coming of age, with side trips to a series of "Queerodactyl" poems featuring an outspoken dinosaur. -- Library Journal Show less

In his debut collection, NEA fellow Guzmán braids together his immigrant family's life and his own queer coming of age, with side trips to a series of "Queerodactyl" poems featuring an outspoken dinosaur. -- Library Journal In his debut collection, NEA fellow Guzmán braids together his immigrant family's life and his own queer coming of age, with side trips to a series of "Queerodactyl" poems featuring an outspoken dinosaur. -- Library Journal Show less

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Here Is the Sweet Hand

Here Is the Sweet Hand

by Harris, Francine J.

Book - 2020

Harris renders both strength in solitude and the desire to lean out in a tumble of dense and singing imagery that lands with an impact; one brilliant poem investigates the very nature of language. Strong work for ambitious readers. -- Library Journal Harris renders both strength in solitude and the desire to lean out in a tumble of dense and singing imagery that lands with an impact; one brilliant poem investigates the very nature of language. Strong work for ambitious readers. -- Library Journal Show less

Harris renders both strength in solitude and the desire to lean out in a tumble of dense and singing imagery that lands with an impact; one brilliant poem investigates the very nature of language. Strong work for ambitious readers. -- Library Journal Harris renders both strength in solitude and the desire to lean out in a tumble of dense and singing imagery that lands with an impact; one brilliant poem investigates the very nature of language. Strong work for ambitious readers. -- Library Journal Show less

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Inheritance

Inheritance

by Johnson, Taylor

Book - 2020

Johnson's singular debut explores detachment and communion from a Black trans perspective. -- Publishers Weekly Johnson's singular debut explores detachment and communion from a Black trans perspective. -- Publishers Weekly Show less

Johnson's singular debut explores detachment and communion from a Black trans perspective. -- Publishers Weekly Johnson's singular debut explores detachment and communion from a Black trans perspective. -- Publishers Weekly Show less

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The Essential June Jordan

The Essential June Jordan

by Jordan, June

Book - 2021

Wide in scope and singular in their articulation of atrocities, Jordan's poems shine in this thoughtfully curated volume. -- Publishers Weekly Wide in scope and singular in their articulation of atrocities, Jordan's poems shine in this thoughtfully curated volume. -- Publishers Weekly Show less

Wide in scope and singular in their articulation of atrocities, Jordan's poems shine in this thoughtfully curated volume. -- Publishers Weekly Wide in scope and singular in their articulation of atrocities, Jordan's poems shine in this thoughtfully curated volume. -- Publishers Weekly Show less

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Black Queer Hoe

Black Queer Hoe

by Kapri, Britteney Black Rose

Book - 2018

In a debut crackling with energy, honesty, and wit, Kapri moves to reclaim elements of language surrounding women's sexuality, especially that of black wo...Show more In a debut crackling with energy, honesty, and wit, Kapri moves to reclaim elements of language surrounding women's sexuality, especially that of black women, that have long been defined by shifting modes of invisibility and hypervisibility. -- Publishers Weekly Show less

In a debut crackling with energy, honesty, and wit, Kapri moves to reclaim elements of language surrounding women's sexuality, especially that of black wo...Show more In a debut crackling with energy, honesty, and wit, Kapri moves to reclaim elements of language surrounding women's sexuality, especially that of black women, that have long been defined by shifting modes of invisibility and hypervisibility. -- Publishers Weekly Show less

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The Renunciations

The Renunciations

Poems

by Kelly, Donika

Book - 2021

Kelly (Bestiary) explores in her powerful latest the tenuous line between desire and trauma in poems that ache with memory and revelation. -- Publishers Weekly Kelly (Bestiary) explores in her powerful latest the tenuous line between desire and trauma in poems that ache with memory and revelation. -- Publishers Weekly Show less

Kelly (Bestiary) explores in her powerful latest the tenuous line between desire and trauma in poems that ache with memory and revelation. -- Publishers Weekly Kelly (Bestiary) explores in her powerful latest the tenuous line between desire and trauma in poems that ache with memory and revelation. -- Publishers Weekly Show less

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The Selected Works of Audre Lorde

The Selected Works of Audre Lorde

by Lorde, Audre

Book - 2020

Readers new to Lorde's work couldn't ask for a better introduction, and those already familiar will find this an ideal collection of her greatest hits. -- Publishers Weekly Readers new to Lorde's work couldn't ask for a better introduction, and those already familiar will find this an ideal collection of her greatest hits. -- Publishers Weekly Show less

Readers new to Lorde's work couldn't ask for a better introduction, and those already familiar will find this an ideal collection of her greatest hits. -- Publishers Weekly Readers new to Lorde's work couldn't ask for a better introduction, and those already familiar will find this an ideal collection of her greatest hits. -- Publishers Weekly Show less

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