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Use this space to discuss books you're reading or that might fit the 24th Read Harder task.

I really enjoyed Rupi Kaur's Milk and Honey which I read this year. So my pick for 2019 will be The Sun and her Flowers.

I’ve put Kumukanda by Kayombo Chingonyi on hold at the library. It also works for #3 as an aoc that won a literary award in 2018

First pick: New Poets of Native Nations

Backup: If They Come For Us

I really enjoyed Electric Arches!

Shame Is an Ocean I Swim Across: Poems by Mary Lambert is one I'm looking forward do, especially interesting as she's a local artist.

I bought To Make Monsters Out of Girls a couple of days ago. I guess I can hold off a couple of weeks to read it.

For the Poetry published since 2014 I've chosen blud by Rachel McKibbens after having learned about her work during this recent poetry plagiarism scandal. There's some other poets whose works were plagiarised as well such as Jeanann Verlee, Hieu Minh Nguyen, Amber Tamblyn, and many more(at last count it was 14 poets they'd stolen from but sadly I don't have a list of names. . . these are just ones I recall besides McKibbens).

I also recommend checking out Rupi Kaur. I read both Milk and Honey, and the Sun and Her Flowers this year by her and enjoyed them both.

I LOVED When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities by Chen Chen and I highly recommend it!!

I don't read poetry but I did read both of Rupi Kaurs books this year and enjoyed them ( though they were a little emotional in places)

I looked at the GR choice awards and saw Heart Talk: Poetic Wisdom for a Better Life so I may try and get to that just to check it out.

I also have The Princess Saves Herself in This One, The Poet X, and Long Way Down on my TBR for next year.
Maybe I'll just have one day where I read all of the poetry on my lists?

There are also a few middle grades written in verse on my challenges.

I almost feel bad about tripling-up on Tasks, but I have chosen to read In the House of My Father. This poetry collection also works for Task #3: A book by a woman and/or AOC (Author of Color) that won a literary award in 2018 (Brunel International African Poetry Prize) as well as Task #9: A book published prior to January 1, 2019, with fewer than 100 reviews on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ.

I'll probably read some Amanda Lovelace since I've been meaning to check her out.

Others I'd like to read are Depression & Other Magic Tricks,Unveiled, Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart, and If They Come for Us.

I've loved reading Tracy K. Smith's work, as well as listening to her read poems by other poets on her podcast The Slowdown. But I haven't picked up her newest collection (published April '18) yet, so I'll read Wade in the Water: Poems for this task.

Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals by Patricia Lockwood was published in 2014, and I especially recommend it for anyone who has read and enjoyed her memoir (Priestdaddy: A Memoir) but hasn't checked out her poetry yet!

Like: Poems by A.E. Stallings is my pick.

I'll be reading 2015 Battle of the Bards Poetry Contest: Winning Entries. It's available for free download on the library's website, and my friend Tara has two poems in it.

Seluxes wrote: "I'll be reading Dorianne Laux's newest that releases in mid-January. I read a lot of poetry (mostly contemporary narrative-focused collections), if anyone would like some recs, I have some."

I have never gotten into poetry and don't read it unless I "have to." Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated, especially inexpensive ones. I read on my Kindle. Thanks.

Serendipity wrote: "I really enjoyed Rupi Kaur's Milk and Honey which I read this year. So my pick for 2019 will be The Sun and her Flowers."

I just checked on Amazon and it is free for prime members. Thank you.

I'm not into poetry so I hope I'll enjoy Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty.

Does the Poet X count as a collection of Poetry?

I'm not a fan of poetry. I'd prefer a collection of many poets work than only one poet.

I think I will read this: American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time

there's so much amazing new poetry! you really don't have to resort to rupi kaur. here are a few of my favorites. and you can google them and check them out on poetry foundation to get a feel for their poetry to see if it's up your alley or not.

i second the recommendation for Chen Chen's When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities.

Warsan Shire, teaching my mother how to give birth - made famous when - short chapbook, quick read

Patrick Rosal, Brooklyn Antediluvian (also counts for #9) - Filipino American poet, wrote one of my favorite poems ever:

I absolutely love Ocean Vuong's night sky with exit wounds. from : "So I gathered fistfuls // of ash, dark as ink, // hammered them // into marrow, into // a skull thick // enough to keep // the gentle curse"

Joshua Jennifer Espinoza, There Should Be Flowers (also counts for #9) - sad queer latinx trans girl poetry and i'm so here for it!

danez smith, Don't Call Us Dead - brilliant queer black poet writing about everything from police violence to seroconversion

kai cheng thom, a place called no homeland (also counts for #9) - kai cheng thom is a trans femme poet and performance artist who writes about queerness, community, diaspora, and gender. from "autopsky": "dear scientist, mortuary explorer, search me thoroughly // tenderly catalogue all my wayward parts. // find somewhere in me // the forgotten moon, the faded stars. // re-member, reassemble, this tattered heaven, this // shattered // celestial thing."

Molly McCully Brown, The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded (also counts for #9) - poetry by a disabled woman who grew up in the shadow of the Virginia institution notorious for eugenics, imagining life in that institution - check out

and here a few more that are more academic and theoretical, and have challenged me more:

Layli Long Soldier, Whereas - on indigeneity, official government speech, and literary imaginings

Solmaz Sharif, Look - on war and its consequences - uses and redeploys official military language

Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Spill Scenes of Black Feminist Fugitivity (also counts for #9) - beautiful, evocative black queer feminist theory through poetry, inspired by Hortense Spillers

Catie wrote: "I've loved reading Tracy K. Smith's work, as well as listening to her read poems by other poets on her podcast The Slowdown. But I haven't picked up her newest collection (published..."

Oh, thank you for reminding me I've been wanting to read the Lockwood collection! Absolutely loved Priestdaddy.

Nadine wrote: "I LOVED When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities by Chen Chen and I highly recommend it!!"

Thank you for the recommendation of Chen Chen, Nadine. I'm going to read this one.

How do I link a book title and/or author. I’m on an iPhone, btw. TIA!

Fran, I'm pretty sure you can't do links on a mobile device.

Too bad Throw the Damn Ball: Classic Poetry by Dogs was published in 2013. I'm not a poetry fan, but I might have enjoyed this!

I read a few dozen contemporary poetry collections in 2018, and I'm glad this is giving me the chance to keep going. I have several checked out of the library right now that would count for this task, and I'm just going to count whichever one I get to first.

Right now it's a toss-up between:
Even This Page is White by Vivek Shraya
Passage by Gwen Benaway
Calling Down the Sky by Rosanna Deerchild
Trailer Park Elegy by Cornelia Hoogland
If They Come For Us by Fatimah Asghar.

Christine E. Ray's book Composition of a Woman is spectacular - published in 2018. And, right now it only has 11 reviews, if you like to knock our more than one category with a single book!

I have decided to start the year with The Carrying: Poems by Ada Limon but I'm planning to read more poetry this year in general so taking lots of notes here! So many great suggestions.

I have decided to start the year with The Carrying: Poems by Ada Limon but I'm planning to read more poetry this year in general so taking lots of notes here! So many great suggestions.

Hi there! I'm making lists of everyone's suggestions for the challenges in case that's easier for people (I know it is for me!) c:

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Lucia wrote: "Hi there! I'm making lists of everyone's suggestions for the challenges in case that's easier for people (I know it is for me!) c:

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Thanks a lot!

As soon as I saw this prompt, I knew I finally had a reason to pick up American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin. I don't usually go out of my way to choose poetry but I usually enjoy it, and I've heard wonderful things about Terrance Hayes.

ETA: For kids' poetry, I'd recommend Jabberwalking. It looks long but reads fast, and many poems rely on typeface to take up the whole page.

Milk and Honey is free on for Kindle with Amazon Prime. That's my choice.

The Princess Saves Herself in This One

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I really don’t like poetry. Thank God that task is over!

I plan to read Citizen: An American Lyric for this challenge.

I looked at this list which had some interesting suggestions

I recommend Brown: Poems wholeheartedly, and I say that as someone who admires but rarely responds to poetry.

I struggle terribly with poetry. My non-creative brain just doesn't get it. But I'm optimistic that this collection has enough variety that even a poetry dunce like me will find something I understand. Fingers crossed! :) American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time

I found something at the local library which covers this task and task #9: "Vivid: Notes and Poems about Color" by Julie Pasckis. Really looking forward to reading it!

I'll be reading the exceptional Carol Ann Duffy's "Sincerity". Love her work. And for those who haven't before, I recommend trying reading poetry aloud - I find an added level of experience comes from verbalisation and cadence and the music these poets create with their words and how they arrange them.

I'm trying to fulfill these prompts with books for my Around-the-World Reading Challenge. So, I'm choosing Cape Verdean Blues.

Excited to use this as the kick in the pants I've needed to read a book by my friend, Joanna Valente, either Marys of the Sea or Sexting Ghosts. These could also meet prompts 5 (Valente does double duty as a journalist), 9 (under 100 GR reviews), 13 (neurodiverse), and 18 (non-binary author).

I would highly recommend Ellen Bass's book Like a Beggar. It was a 5 star read for me last year. Every one of her poems is a work of art. It was published in 2014...which I assume counts? And for those of you looking to double dip, I believe it currently has less than 100 reviews. If you visit her website (ellenbass.com) you can sample several poems from the book under the poems tab to see if you like her work before you commit.

I plan to read Good Bones by Maggie Smith, which is a book I already own but haven't finished. I purchased it after reading the title poem "Good Bones" online. A quick google search will allow you to read the poem and see if it's something you might enjoy.

Dawn wrote: "Milk and Honey is free on for Kindle with Amazon Prime. That's my choice."

Mine too. I listened to the audio while reading along. Quite awesome and very emotional at times.

the princess saves herself in this one by Amanda Lovelace - Ive been wanting to read al of hers actually. :)

I just finished Fierce Fairytales by Nikita Gill. I enjoyed it!

I highly recommend anything by Nikita Gill. I'm going to be reading Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories to Stir Your Soul, since I've already read her other two collections. Fierce Fairytales just came out a couple of months ago.

I've seen a few are picking the princess saves herself in this one, that's my choice too. Have been looking at it for a while and this is the perfect reason to finally get it. Looking forward to reading this challenge.

I'll either go with Whereas by Layli Long Solider, or Felicity by Mary Oliver, since she just passed away.