The Black Maria (American Poets Continuum Series) by AracelisGirmay Paperback, 120 Pages, Published 2016 by Boa Editions Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-942683-02-5, ISBN: 1-942683-02-2
"Praise for Aracelis Girmay:"[Girmay's] every lossshe calls them estrangementsis a yearning for connection across time and place; her every fragment is a bulwark against ruin." O, The Oprah Magazine"In Aracelis Girmay we have a poet who collects, polishes, and shares stories with such brilliant invention, tenderness, and intellectual liveliness that it is understandable that we think of her as the blessed curator of our collective hi ..."
Kingdom Animalia(1st Edition) (American Poets Continuum) by AracelisGirmay Paperback, 120 Pages, Published 2011 by Boa Editions Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-934414-62-0, ISBN: 1-934414-62-X
"The poems in this highly anticipated second book are elegiac poems, as concerned with honoring our dead as they are with praising the living. Through Aracelis Girmay's lens, everything is animal: the sea, a jukebox, the desert. In these poems, everything possesses a system of desire, hunger, a set of teeth, and language. These are poems about what is both difficult and beautiful about our time here on earth. Aracelis Girmay's debut coll ..."
Changing, Changing Story and Collages by AracelisGirmay Hardcover, 48 Pages, Published 2005 by George Braziller Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-8076-1553-9, ISBN: 0-8076-1553-6
""Once there was a boy. And once there was a girl." So begins this story of metamorphoses, of life, and of possibility. The young protagonists of the opening lines take turns embodying facets of the world around them, undergoing transformations of quiet but mythical proportions. She becomes the moon, a tribe, an island. He becomes a bull, the sky, a kite. Bright, imaginative images of raw beauty illustrate each transformation. Changing, ..."
"Winner, 2015 Whiting Award for PoetryStunning, highly original poems that celebrate the richness of the author's multicultural tradition, "Teeth" explores loves, wars, wild hope, defiance, and the spirit of creativity in a daring use of language and syntax. Behind this language one senses a powerful, inventive woman who is not afraid to tackle any subject, including rape, genocide, and love, always sustained by an optimistic voice, assu ..."
How to Carry Water(1st Edition) Selected Poems of Lucille Clifton (American Poets Continuum Series) by Lucille Clifton, AracelisGirmay Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 2020 by Boa Editions ISBN-13: 978-1-950774-14-2, ISBN: 1-950774-14-7
"Edited with a Foreword by Aracelis Girmay, How to Carry Water: Selected Poems of Lucille Clifton celebrates famous poems and shines light on lesser-known poems by poet―and national treasure―Lucille Clifton (1936–2010). Lucille Clifton’s poetry defined strength through adversity focusing particularly on African-American experience and family life. Clifton’s poems were widely celebrated during her lifetime, and she received wide acclaim f ..."
"Together, through cloth scraps and dance, letters and song, Kamau and ZuZu find a way to make a new life for themselves in this strange land: a new life which is not only rooted in the stories, memories, and traditions that ZuZu always ..."
The Black Maria by AracelisGirmay 120 Pages, Published 2016 by Boa Editions, Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-942683-03-2, ISBN: 1-942683-03-0
"Animalia. When I get the call about my brother, I'm on a stopped train leaving
town & the news packs into me—freight— though it's him on the other end now,
saying finefine— Forfeit my eyes, I want to turn away from the hair on the floor of
his ..."
Teeth by AracelisGirmay 130 Pages, Published 2007 by Northwestern University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8101-3296-2, ISBN: 0-8101-3296-6
"... Ellen Hagan, Irene Prestianary, Shradha Shah, Alba Hernandez, Michele
Kotler, Marina Wilson, Lisa Ascalon, Freda Ampofo, Kamilah Aisha Moon, John
Murillo, Raina León, Amina Blacksher, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Maryam Nalo
Blacksher, ..."
"This is an anthology of poems in the Age of Trump—and much more than Trump. These are poems that either embody or express a sense of empathy or outrage, both prior to and following his election, since it is empathy the president lacks and outrage he provokes. There is an extraordinary diversity of voices here. The ninety-three poets featured include Elizabeth Alexander, Julia Alvarez, Richard Blanco, Carolyn Forché, Aracelis Girmay, Don ..."
"Love asks different creatures, objects, and ideas what they know and each responds with quiet observations of how they shape and view their world."
How to Carry Water(1st Edition) Selected Poems of Lucille Clifton (American Poets Continuum Series, 180) by Lucille Clifton Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2021 by Boa Editions Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-950774-15-9, ISBN: 1-950774-15-5
"" Selected and introduced by award-winning poet Aracelis Girmay, this volume of Clifton's poetry is simultaneously timeless and fitting for today's tumultuous moment."
So We Can Know Writers of Color on Pregnancy, Loss, Abortion, and Birth by AracelisGirmay Paperback, Published 2023 by Haymarket Books, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-64259-839-1, ISBN: 1-64259-839-9
So We Can Know Writers of Color on Pregnancy, Loss, Abortion, and Birth by AracelisGirmay 390 Pages, Published 2023 by Haymarket Books ISBN-13: 978-1-64259-857-5, ISBN: 1-64259-857-7
"Featuring the brilliant voices of writers such as Cheryl Boyce-Taylor, Patricia Smith, Elizabeth Alexander, and more, this book is a lighthouse—a tool and companion—for those navigating pregnancy, abortion, miscarriage, birth, loss, ..."