Recs if you like How to Carry Water: Selected Poems of Lucille Clifton...

Poetry books written by Disabled, Deaf, Neurodivergent, Ill poets.

Poetry written by Black and/or African writers! Emphasis on intersectionality.

The hearts of Black women rendered in verse.

Craft Exploration: Towards the Imagined

Or, “Books that Ross Gay alludes to, mentions, talks about in Inciting Joy.” Please let me know—especially with the poetry collections—if I've misattributed something.

A craft & poetics exploration (and celebration) of the brilliant poet Lucille Clifton

As Honorée Jeffers said: “People look at this woman as not complex, and that is because they don’t understand that you have to bring an entirety of knowledge to a 19-word Lucille Clifton poem.”