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  • The Devil's Garden

    Using musical allusion and metaphor, juxtaposing history and autobiography, Matejka navigates a triracial identity. In these poems, having too many heritages means having no heritage at all. As a result, cultural identifiers—be they afros, war paint, or William Shatner—take the place of identity. Vibrant narrative lyrics use image as riff, syllable as note, to improvise on a personal history ... Read more

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  • Last on His Feet

    Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century

    A groundbreaking graphic portrait of boxing legend Jack Johnson, Last on His Feet offers a front-row seat to the Battle of the Century.On the morning of July 4, 1910, thousands of boxing fans stormed a newly built stadium in Reno, Nevada, to witness an epic showdown. Jack Johnson, the world’s first Black heavyweight champion—and most infamous athlete in the world because of his race—was paired ... Read more

    $15.79 USD

  • hover over her

    by Osowski ...
    Series series Wick First Book
    “In Leah Osowski’s exquisite debut, hover over her, the poet immerses us in geographies of unrealized adolescence, where young women are singular amidst their cacophonous backdrops, whether beside a lake, inside a Dali painting, or stretched out in a flower garden. These spaces are turned inside out for us through Osowski’s linguistic curiosity and unforgettable imagistic palate. Negative ... Read more

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  • Be Easy

    New and Selected Poems

    **Literary Hub • “Most Anticipated Poetry of 2026”“A poetics of magic and experience, of submission and resistance, of saying and seeing who and what we are in stereo.” —Terrance Hayes**Revered for his “patient, clever, controlled, [and] visionary” (Hanif Abdurraqib) poems, Adrian Matejka has been a mainstay of contemporary American poetry for over two decades. Gathering hits from six ... Read more

    $19.89 USD

  • The Big Smoke

    Series series Penguin Poets
    A suite of poems examining the myth and history of the legendary prizefighter Jack Johnson—a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award—from the author, with Youssef Daoudi, of the graphic novel Last on His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the CenturyThe legendary Jack Johnson (1878–1946) was a true American creation. The child of emancipated slaves, he overcame the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Mixology

    Series series Penguin Poets
    Selected for the 2008 National Poetry Series by Kevin YoungThe poems in Adrian Matejka's second collection, Mixology, shapeshift through the myriad meanings of "mixing" to explore and explode ideas of race, skin politics, appropriation, and cultural identity. Whether the focus of the individual poems is musical, digital, or historical, the otherness implicit in being of more than one racial ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Map to the Stars

    Series series Penguin Poets
    A resonant new collection of poetry from Adrian Matejka, author of The Big Smoke, a finalist for The Pulitzer Prize and the National Book AwardMap to the Stars, the fourth poetry collection from National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist Adrian Matejka, navigates the tensions between race, geography, and poverty in America during the Reagan Era. In the time of space shuttles and the Strategic ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Somebody Else Sold the World

    Series series Penguin Poets
    A resonant new collection on love and persistence from the author of The Big Smoke, a finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer PrizeThe poems in Adrian Matejka's newest and fifth collection, Somebody Else Sold the World, meditate on the ways we exist in an uncontrollable world: in love and its aftermaths, in families that divide themselves, in protest-filled streets, in isolation as ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Somebody Else Sold the World

    Narrated by Adrian Matejka ...
    Series series Penguin Poets

    Unabridged

    45 min

    A resonant new collection on love and persistence from the author of The Big Smoke, a finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer PrizeThe poems in Adrian Matejka's newest and fifth collection, Somebody Else Sold the World, meditate on the ways we exist in an uncontrollable world: in love and its aftermaths, in families that divide themselves, in protest-filled streets, in isolation as ... Read more

    $7.50 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Big Smoke

    Narrated by Adrian Matejka ...

    Unabridged

    57 min

    Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and the National Book Award in Poetry—a collection that examines the myth and history of the prizefighter Jack JohnsonThe legendary Jack Johnson (1878–1946) was a true American creation. The child of emancipated slaves, he overcame the violent segregationism of Jim Crow, challenging ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Souls of Black Folk (Unabridged)

    Enriched edition. Essays on racial identity, discrimination, and the fight for civil rights after slavery

    W.E.B. Du Bois' 'The Souls of Black Folk' is a seminal work of African-American literature, published in 1903. This collection of essays addresses the social issues faced by African Americans in the aftermath of slavery, exploring themes of racial identity, discrimination, and the struggle for civil rights. Du Bois' writing style is eloquent and thought-provoking, blending personal reflection with ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus