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The second novel in the critically acclaimed Captive Prince trilogy from global phenomenon C. S. Pacat.<BR><BR>“Perfectly paced brilliance.”—Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author <BR><BR> With their countries on the brink of war, Damen and his new master, Prince Laurent, must exchange the intrigues of the palace for the sweeping might of the battlefield as they travel to the border to avert a lethal plot.<BR><BR> Forced to hide his identity, Damen finds himself increasingly drawn to the dangerous, charismatic Laurent. But as the fledgling trust between the two men deepens, the truth of secrets from both their pasts is poised to deal them the crowning death blow...

*The brand new poetry collection from the internationally bestselling poet and TikTok phenomenon, Whitney Hanson*the love of my life is a poetry collection that traces the process of rediscovering a love for life after change, disconnection, and personal upheaval. Using the metaphor of fires, the book is structured in three sections Burning, Ashes, and Reclamation-to reflect the cycles of destruction, numbness, and renewal that accompany deep inner work. Through themes of identity, loss, healing, and emotional reconstruction, the collection explores what it means to unlearn inherited beliefs, confront the weight of the past, and slowly rebuild a relationship with oneself, others, and the world. This is not a book primarily about romantic love, but about reengaging with life by confronting the past and reconnecting with a sense of self.Readers love Whitney Hanson'This book is everything I needed and more' 5* reader review'A phenomenal writer and she portrays the truths of life so beautifully' 5* reader review'This book did wonders for my mental health and heartbreak' 5* reader review'I felt like she was talking about my own experiences' 5* reader review'Best poet out there' 5* reader review'I felt such an emotional connection to these poems' 5* reader review'Gave me literal goosebumps' 5* reader review

'I am Black because I come from the earth's insidenow take my word for jewel in the open light.' Impassioned and profound, the poems in Coal showcase Audre Lorde in all her dazzling elegance and multiplicity. Mournful, celebratory, politically conscious, this early collection faithfully captures the complex interiority of the self. With insight and great feeling, these poems explore racial and sexual politics, liberation and love; they are strongly autobiographical (including poems about Lorde's children, her sister and her parents, as well as an elegy for a dear childhood friend). These timeless poems resonate down the years.

August Graf von Platen Hallermünde (1797 - 1835) verkörpert wie kaum ein Zweiter in Leben und Werk den Übergang von alter Tradition zu modernen Lebensund Ausdrucksformen. Seine Ballade "Das Grab im Busento" kennen viele Schüler aus ihren Deutsch-Lesebüchern, was den Lesern des 21. Jahrhunderts den Zugang zu diesem großen Dichter nicht gerade erleichterte.Im Männerschwarm Verlag wurden, den Schaffensperioden Platens entsprechend, bereits die Bände "Die Ghaselen" und "Die Sonette" veröffentlicht. Dieser dritte Band rundet unsere Edition ab mit Platens Jugendliedern einerseits und den späten Oden andererseits, ergänzt um eine kleine Auswahl der Balladen. Vor allem in den Oden führt Platen seine Vorliebe für antikisierende,ostasiatisch geprägte Rhythmen zur Meisterschaft, was aufgrund der komplizierten Syntax noch bei Thomas Mann zu Irritationen geführt hat. Wer sich jedoch auf die verblüffenden Stauungs- und Entstauungseffekte in Platens Versen einlässt, wird reichlich belohnt.Diesem Band beigefügt ist Thomas Manns Rede vor der Platengesellschaft aus dem Jahr 1930. Auch wenn sie heute in manchen Teilen nicht mehr unwidersprochen ist, so gelingt ihr doch über weite Strecken eine schlüssige Gesamtsicht auf die Person und das lyrische Werk August von Platens.

An anthology of emerging and acclaimed poets that remind us we are more connected than we think.<BR><BR>Volume Three of The Central Avenue Poetry Prize showcases a dynamic chorus of voices from around the world—each one offering a unique window into the human condition. This anthology brims with feeling: loss and yearning, joy and curiosity, the quiet beauty of everyday existence. Every poem is a glimpse into a life, a moment, a truth.<BR><BR>From sharp observations to tender recollections, from lyrical portraits to bold declarations, this collection is a celebration of poetry’s enduring power. It reminds us that writing is not just an art, but a way of being—a means to uncover ourselves and forge deeper bonds with others.

"I can leave our relationship and still honor you in my poetry"Jack Samuel Kelleher's sophomore poetry anthology is a yearning from a small-town boy seeking a bigger world, mourns 'situationships', and asks questions on sadness, love, unstable families, queerness and living in Tasmania.

From the author of Good Grief, an intimate collection of poems and prose which offers a glimpse into the mind of a highly sensitive person, or empath.In a world that has become increasingly difficult to navigate—physically, mentally, and spiritually—having empathy is more important than ever. But what if you have a highly sensitive mind? Highly sensitive people, known as empaths, have an expanded capacity to feel not only one set of emotions but also those of others. They experience life more deeply than the average person, leaving them more susceptible to nervous system dysregulation, emotional trauma, and abuse.Divided into three parts—Body, Mind, and Soul—Brianna Pastor’s intimate collection of poems invites us to explore what it’s like to discover high sensitivity in adulthood and view life through an empathetic lens. Hopefully, by deepening our understanding of sensitivity and how it affects others, we can move one step closer to a more connected, healed world.I have a bellyachefrom constantly absorbingall this pain. I’d ask you to refrain from telling me,but your eyes already have.

'breathtaking poetry' - Donna Ashworth<BR><BR>'this book made me gayer' - Michaela Angemeer<BR><BR>'a powerful reminder that we're not alone' - Courtney Peppernell<BR><BR><BR>'To every woman I have ever loved, and to those I was afraid to.'<BR><BR>A poetic exploration of sapphic love and self-discovery from Isabella Dorta.<BR><BR>This collection will guide you on an empowering journey to explore sexuality with courage and understanding. <BR><BR>A coming-of-age, coming-out story that will leave you feeling seen, heard, and comforted, no matter which side of the closet you're on.

A genre-defying blend of poetry, performance, and political awakening that confronts the transnational crisis of sex-selective elimination.In a prismatic meditation on survival, Patel assembles a chorus of seven voices to sing songs of resistance and queer desire. Patel transforms medical language, pop culture fragments, and dream sequences into an unflinching examination of what it means to exist in a world that doesn’t want you. From yoga halls to ultrasound clinics, from Bollywood dance routines to ghost stories, Patel maps the daughter industry with her signature wit, prosody, and clear-sighted documentation of erased histories.

Margaret Randall's latest poetry collection "is a book suffused with curiosity and wisdom" (Tina Carlson). It includes the author interviewing herself, followed with several dozen new poems, demonstrating exactly how, in the words of a City of Albuquerque Poet Laureate, "She's proving to be timeless" (Hakim Bellamy).

this collection of poems, stories, memories, and love letters is dedicatedto all the powerful trans bodiesto my trailblazing queer communityto the persistent womxn of my lifeto the love of my lifeand to you, reader~ love, sage

In this one, the witch doesn't burn or die or drown. In this one, she rages. In the witch doesn't drown in this one, celebrated poetess amanda lovelace revisits the titular voice behind her 2018 bestselling collection the witch doesn't burn in this one. With candor, honesty, and well-earned wisdom, lovelace expounds on the roller coaster of feelings brought on by simply trying to exist as a woman in the sociopolitical climate of 2025's America. Through poetry that encompasses a myriad of fem-centric themes, including queer love, trans rights, patriarchal oppression, and intersectional feminism, she demands that women of all backgrounds and lived experiences be seen, heard, defended, and loved. the witch doesn't drown in this one is a deeply felt and hard-won reminder that though some stories that start with bitch-fire end with tear stains, women are powerful, resilient beings who have always contained the strength to rise again, especially when we swim back to the surface together.

A Guardian Book of the Year 2024<BR>'A glorious jewel of a novel'Sophie Ward<BR>'Exhilarating, profoundly beautiful and exquisitely written'Salena Godden<BR>'A mesmerising debut from one of the most talented literary stylists writing today'The Bookseller<BR>'Hugely imaginative'Marie Claire (Best New Books, 2024)<BR>'It's hard to think of many books more restlessly inventive' Guardian (Book of the Day)<BR><BR>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>Hackney, 2233: a woman walks into a tattoo parlour. Jones' body is covered in tattoos but she wants to add one final inking to her gallery - a thin line of ink that connects the haunting images of her body art together, creating a unique and mysterious map.<BR><BR>As the two tattoo artists set to work, Jones tells them the story behind each tattoo. As Jones is no ordinary woman, these are no ordinary stories: each one represents a doorway to a life Jones fell into, a 'remembering'.<BR><BR>Set across geographies and time-spans, The Night Alphabet is a deep and bold investigation into violence, resilience and women's stories.

This is the book's first edition, with poems presented in their original form, many of them written in the author's teenage and early adult years, giving readers a candid look into her early voice and artistic development. The tone is predominantly unfiltered, emphasizing authenticity over polish, which enhances the relatability and raw appeal of the work. This approach provides a unique, immersive experience of youth seen through the lens of poetic expression.

Fork Apple Press is honored to publish Alex Baskin's I wake up tangled in pillows and sheets as the winner of The Slice Poetry Chapbook Contest (2025).I wake up tangled in pillows and sheets delves into memory to weave together themes of religion, spirituality, and sexuality. The poems use recollection to reflect and re-examine interpersonal relationships and community systems, and their entanglement with inherited beliefs and rituals. While embracing intimate moments, Baskin mediates empathy and care alongside critique. These poems negotiate cultural knowledge, personal experience, and social calling, centering the speaker's agency in the body. In this way, home, too, is reframed from a definitive, static geography, to a movable, flexible, and shifting presence. To quote the poet himself, "I get to decide where this poem goes / how it moves, what it makes."

Ruth Mountaingrove was a songwriter, musician and composer, artist and photographer, editor and publisher of WomanSpirit Magazine and The Blatant Image Magazine of Feminist Photography. She was also a playwright, Humboldt State University radio show producer, tech teacher, multimedia performer, and above all, a lifelong poet. Here are poems collected from friends, family and the University of Oregon archives, along with prints, photographs and art pieces. Ruth was a passionate lesbian feminist, and a very creative artist and writer who passed away in 2016 in Arcata, California at the age of 93. With a generous grant from the Ink People in Arcata, California, this collection is our tribute to her as an outstanding maverick working for women's rights, equality and freedom in all things through art, music and writing.

Anthropological Study is Lauren Miller's first full-length poetry collection. It is a guided meditation on young adulthood, infused with poems that sift through the blistering truths of queerness, gender identity, neurodivergence, and mental illness. At once experimental and deeply reflective, Anthropological Study offers readers a torch and a mirror with which to explore the Anthropocene as it currently exists for female-identifying twenty-somethings.

<BR>Written by the engaging host of the popular show, Poetry Unbound, the poems of Kitchen Hymns are finely honed melodies of survival--shaped with both humor and anger, force and conviction.<BR>Pádraig Ó Tuama's Kitchen Hymns opens with a question: "Do You Believe in God?" -- but the bee, "gone extinct," cannot answer, and the grass calls believe "a poor verb." This collection trades belief for language, and philosophy is grounded in form and narrative. Kitchen Hymns is structured like a ghost mass, where even if God is a "favorite emptiness," longing still has things to say: Jesus and Persephone meet at Hell's exit and discuss survival; someone believes more in birds than belief; hares carry messages from the overworld to the underworld. A study in lyric address, Kitchen Hymns speaks to a shifting "you" an unknown you; the strange you; a lover, a hated other; the you of erotic desire; the you of creation and destruction. Large themes are informed by and contained in a poetics of observation, humor, trauma, dialogics, lament, rage and praise. Delivered in finely honed melodies, shaped with force and conviction, Kitchen Hymns "reckon[s] with the empty," and becomes "busy with a body / not a question." <BR>

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST COLLECTION<BR>A POETRY BOOK SOCIETY RECOMMENDATION<BR><BR>'Taylor's poetry is as dangerous as it is dexterous . . . A wildfire blazing free' BERNARDINE EVARISTO<BR>'Kaleidoscopic in its breath, structure and humanity . . . Both selfless and intimate' ANTHONY JOSEPH<BR>-----------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>From the T. S. Eliot and Polari Prize-winning author of C+NTO & Othered Poems comes an innovative collection exploring the scars, hopes and potentialities of dyke counterculture and the queer underground.<BR><BR>With a vividly sketched cast of characters, award-winning poet Joelle Taylor uses the Maryville butch bar as a lens through which to consider the underground histories of queer London. The violence and pain of oppression and the beauty and intimacy of community are rendered in awe-inspiring high definition in a collection as filmic as it is familiar. A hybrid chronicle, magic trick, prayer and insurrection, Maryville conjures ghosts back to their bodies, a community to their feet.<BR><BR>-----------------------------------------------------<BR>'Sexy, fearless - and ravishingly beautiful' NEIL BARTLETT<BR>'One of the most powerful voices of our time . . . Joelle Taylor is a genius' CACONRAD