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An Angry Letter In January And Other Poems by Ama Ata Aidoo

An Angry Letter In January And Other Poems

Ama Ata Aidoo

120 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0repeatbeatpoet's review
nonfiction poetry informative inspiring tense medium-paced
Dance the Guns to Silence: 100 Poems for Ken Saro-Wiwa by Kwame Dawes, Edward Kamau Brathwaite, Martín Espada, Kadija Sesay, Pascale Petit, Chris Abani, Benjamin Zephaniah, Fred D'Aguiar, Chenjerai Hove, Jayne Cortez, Paulo da Costa, Helon Habila, Syl Cheney Coker, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Niyi Osundare, Sarah Maguire, Nathalie Handal, Moniza Alvi, Amiri Baraka, Lemn Sissay

Dance the Guns to Silence: 100 Poems for Ken Saro-Wiwa

Kwame Dawes, Edward Kamau Brathwaite, Martín Espada, Kadija Sesay, Pascale Petit, Chris Abani, Benjamin Zephaniah, Fred D'Aguiar, Chenjerai Hove, Jayne Cortez, Paulo da Costa, Helon Habila, Syl Cheney Coker, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Niyi Osundare, Sarah Maguire, Nathalie Handal, Moniza Alvi, Amiri Baraka, Lemn Sissay

200 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0repeatbeatpoet's review
fiction poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

Hanif Abdurraqib

312 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0repeatbeatpoet's review
nonfiction history music race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk

451 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0repeatbeatpoet's review
nonfiction health psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

176 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0repeatbeatpoet's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
A Tribe Called Quest's 'people's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm' by Shawn Taylor

A Tribe Called Quest's 'people's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm'

33 1/3

Shawn Taylor

missing duration info • missing pub info (editions)

5.0repeatbeatpoet's review
nonfiction history music medium-paced
Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

Open Water

Caleb Azumah Nelson

4 hours, 41 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0repeatbeatpoet's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
African Kings: Portraits of a Disappearing Era by Daniel Laine

African Kings: Portraits of a Disappearing Era

Daniel Laine

160 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0repeatbeatpoet's review
nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
On the Road by Jack Kerouac

On the Road

Jack Kerouac

307 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

5.0repeatbeatpoet's review
fiction classics literary adventurous reflective medium-paced
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky

232 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0repeatbeatpoet's review
fiction contemporary young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced