Bestsellers
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Beautiful Chaos
- On Motherhood, Finding Yourself and Overwhelming Love
- By: Jessica Urlichs
- Narrated by: Jessica Urlichs
- Length: 2 hrs
- Unabridged
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Motherhood is messy and beautiful, and hard and humbling. We adore our children, and sometimes we miss ourselves. Beautiful Chaos is a collection of raw, honest poems about motherhood - capturing everything from pregnancy to school age.
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Relatable for all mamas
- By Sasha on 12-01-24
By: Jessica Urlichs
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The New Book
- Poems, Letters, Blurbs, and Things
- By: Nikki Giovanni
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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Nikki Giovanni’s extraordinary new collection—a landmark of American literature—speaks to the fury of our current political moment while reflecting on the tragedies and triumphs of her early life.
By: Nikki Giovanni
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Water, Water
- Poems
- By: Billy Collins
- Narrated by: Billy Collins
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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From the former Poet Laureate of the United States and New York Times bestselling author of Aimless Love comes a wondrous new collection of poems focused on the joys and mysteries of daily life.
By: Billy Collins
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Bicycles
- Love Poems
- By: Nikki Giovanni
- Narrated by: Nikki Giovanni
- Length: 1 hr
- Unabridged
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In her legendary career, artist and activist Nikki Giovanni has established herself as a writer who can entertain and challenge, and a voice for social justice who can inform and inspire in times of national crisis.
By: Nikki Giovanni
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Brown
- Poems
- By: Kevin Young
- Narrated by: Kevin Young
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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James Brown. John Brown's raid. Brown v. the Topeka Board of Ed. The prize-winning author of Blue Laws meditates on all things "brown" in this powerful new collection.
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Absolutely wonderful!
- By J. G. Laws on 03-09-19
By: Kevin Young
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Slug
- And Other Things I've Been Told to Hate
- By: Hollie McNish
- Narrated by: Hollie McNish, Gemma Cairney
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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From Finnish saunas and soppy otters to grief, grandparents and Kellogg's anti-masturbation pants, Slug is a book which holds a mirror lovingly up to the world, past and present, through Hollie's driving, funny, hopeful poetry and prose....
By: Hollie McNish
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Beautiful Chaos
- On Motherhood, Finding Yourself and Overwhelming Love
- By: Jessica Urlichs
- Narrated by: Jessica Urlichs
- Length: 2 hrs
- Unabridged
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Motherhood is messy and beautiful, and hard and humbling. We adore our children, and sometimes we miss ourselves. Beautiful Chaos is a collection of raw, honest poems about motherhood - capturing everything from pregnancy to school age.
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Relatable for all mamas
- By Sasha on 12-01-24
By: Jessica Urlichs
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The New Book
- Poems, Letters, Blurbs, and Things
- By: Nikki Giovanni
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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Nikki Giovanni’s extraordinary new collection—a landmark of American literature—speaks to the fury of our current political moment while reflecting on the tragedies and triumphs of her early life.
By: Nikki Giovanni
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Water, Water
- Poems
- By: Billy Collins
- Narrated by: Billy Collins
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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From the former Poet Laureate of the United States and New York Times bestselling author of Aimless Love comes a wondrous new collection of poems focused on the joys and mysteries of daily life.
By: Billy Collins
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Bicycles
- Love Poems
- By: Nikki Giovanni
- Narrated by: Nikki Giovanni
- Length: 1 hr
- Unabridged
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In her legendary career, artist and activist Nikki Giovanni has established herself as a writer who can entertain and challenge, and a voice for social justice who can inform and inspire in times of national crisis.
By: Nikki Giovanni
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Brown
- Poems
- By: Kevin Young
- Narrated by: Kevin Young
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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James Brown. John Brown's raid. Brown v. the Topeka Board of Ed. The prize-winning author of Blue Laws meditates on all things "brown" in this powerful new collection.
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Absolutely wonderful!
- By J. G. Laws on 03-09-19
By: Kevin Young
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Slug
- And Other Things I've Been Told to Hate
- By: Hollie McNish
- Narrated by: Hollie McNish, Gemma Cairney
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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From Finnish saunas and soppy otters to grief, grandparents and Kellogg's anti-masturbation pants, Slug is a book which holds a mirror lovingly up to the world, past and present, through Hollie's driving, funny, hopeful poetry and prose....
By: Hollie McNish
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Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head
- Poems
- By: Warsan Shire
- Narrated by: Warsan Shire
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
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With her first full-length poetry collection, Warsan Shire introduces us to a young girl, who, in the absence of a nurturing guide, makes her own way toward womanhood....
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Oh my
- By Ruben on 01-29-23
By: Warsan Shire
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The Prophet
- By: Kahlil Gibran
- Narrated by: Michael Goodrick
- Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
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The Prophet is a book of 26 prose poetry fables written in English by the Lebanese-American poet and writer Kahlil Gibran. It was originally published...
By: Kahlil Gibran
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A Peculiar People
- By: Steven Willis
- Narrated by: Steven Willis
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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A Peculiar People creates an entire microcosm within these poems. Steven Willis crafts an entire cast of characters, showcasing their struggles, identities, & underlying emotions....
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Found myself hanging on to each word
- By Michele Golombek Cook on 01-25-23
By: Steven Willis
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The Hurting Kind
- By: Ada Limón
- Narrated by: Ada Limón
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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An astonishing collection about interconnectedness—between the human and nonhuman, ancestors and ourselves—from National Book Critics Circle Award winner, National Book Award finalist and U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón....
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The Beauty of her insights
- By Tom on 07-30-24
By: Ada Limón
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Death by Living
- Life Is Meant to Be Spent
- By: N. D. Wilson
- Narrated by: N. D. Wilson
- Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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A poetic portrait of faith, futility, and the joy of this mortal life. In this astoundingly unique audiobook, best-selling author N. D. Wilson reminds each of us that to truly live, we must recognize that we are dying....
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Phenomenal non-fiction narrative!
- By Nathan Cedarland on 07-05-20
By: N. D. Wilson
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Life, Love and Loss
- Poems for Every Hurdle on Life’s Highway
- By: Donna Ashworth
- Narrated by: Donna Ashworth
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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After the bestselling I Wish I Knew, Donna Ashworth has now produced an extraordinary three-volume collection of poems that will touch and inspire every listener in the ups and downs we all face in love, in life and in loss....
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amazing
- By Judy Von Zuben aka Reaper's Kitchen on 08-30-24
By: Donna Ashworth
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Made of Rivers
- By: Emory Hall
- Narrated by: Emory Hall
- Length: 46 mins
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Emory Hall’s debut poetry collection follows the anatomy of a river, swelling with loss and grief, and dances with the sacred waters of transformation and motherhood.
By: Emory Hall
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I Hope This Finds You Well
- Poems
- By: Kate Baer
- Narrated by: Kate Baer
- Length: 50 mins
- Unabridged
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The author of the number one New York Times best seller What Kind of Woman returns with a collection of erasure poems created from notes she received from followers, supporters, and detractors....
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Why am I crying?
- By Heather on 11-02-22
By: Kate Baer
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The Carrying
- Poems
- By: Ada Limón
- Narrated by: Ada Limón
- Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
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From U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón comes The Carrying—her most powerful collection yet....
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The Calm, Serene Tone of Her Voice
- By Tom on 05-31-24
By: Ada Limón
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Why Fathers Cry at Night
- A Memoir in Love Poems, Recipes, Letters, and Remembrances
- By: Kwame Alexander
- Narrated by: Kwame Alexander
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
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This powerful memoir from a #1 New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Medalist features poetry, letters, recipes, and other personal artifacts that provide an intimate look into his life and the loved ones he shares it with....
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Loved it.
- By Tonja on 06-01-23
By: Kwame Alexander
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mother
- Penguin Poets
- By: m.s. RedCherries
- Narrated by: m.s. RedCherries
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
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mother is a work rooted in an intimate fracture: an Indigenous child is adopted out of her tribe and raised by a non-Indian family. As an adult finding her way back to her origins, our unnamed narrator begins to put the pieces of her birth family's history together.
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fantastic!
- By Amazon Customer on 07-29-24
By: m.s. RedCherries
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A Socially Acceptable Breakdown
- By: Patrick Roche
- Narrated by: Patrick Roche
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
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A Socially Acceptable Breakdown is a poetry collection that explores themes of family, queerness, mental health, grief, pop culture, body image, love, joy, memory, myth, and magic....
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Raw and real
- By KDS on 01-25-24
By: Patrick Roche
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How to Cure a Ghost
- By: Fariha Róisín
- Narrated by: Fariha Roisin
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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A poetry compilation recounting a woman’s journey from self-loathing to self-acceptance, confusion to clarity, and bitterness to forgiveness....
By: Fariha Róisín
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What Kind of Woman
- Poems
- By: Kate Baer
- Narrated by: Kate Baer
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
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A stunning and honest debut poetry collection about the beauty and hardships of being a woman in the world today, and the many roles we play - mother, partner, and friend....
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Honest, unflinching, gorgeous poetry
- By kmap on 08-26-22
By: Kate Baer
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If They Come for Us
- Poems
- By: Fatimah Asghar
- Narrated by: Fatimah Asghar
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Fatimah Asghar, a poet and co-creator of the Emmy-nominated web series Brown Girls, captures her experience as a Pakistani Muslim woman in contemporary America, while exploring identity, violence, and healing using poems that bear anguish, joy, vulnerability, and compassion....
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Exceptional!
- By Kris De Leon on 04-10-20
By: Fatimah Asghar
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Love Poems for Anxious People
- By: John Kenney
- Narrated by: John Kenney
- Length: 53 mins
- Unabridged
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In the spirit of his best seller Love Poems for Married People and Love Poems for People with Children, as well as his wildly popular New Yorker pieces, Thurber Prize-winner John Kenney presents a hilarious new collection of poetry for anxious people....
By: John Kenney
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If My Body Could Speak
- By: Blythe Baird
- Narrated by: Blythe Baird
- Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
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Blythe Baird’s If My Body Could Speak is a celebration of girlhood and all of its struggles and triumphs....
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Beautiful. Raw. Real.
- By Theresa J. Hin on 05-15-21
By: Blythe Baird
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Billy Collins Live
- A Performance at the Peter Norton Symphony Space April 20, 2005
- By: Billy Collins
- Narrated by: Billy Collins
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
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In this exclusive audio publishing event, Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate, shares an evening of his poetry in a benefit reading....
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Does Not Get Better Than This
- By Mel on 09-27-10
By: Billy Collins
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I'll Fly Away
- By: Rudy Francisco
- Narrated by: Rudy Francisco
- Length: 52 mins
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In his stunningly intimate, highly anticipated follow up to Helium, Rudy Francisco has created a collection of poems that savor the day-to-day, treating it as worship, turning it into an opportunity to plant new seeds of growth....
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Moving
- By Kimberly K on 08-17-24
By: Rudy Francisco
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Goldenrod
- Poems
- By: Maggie Smith
- Narrated by: Maggie Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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With her breakout bestseller Keep Moving, Maggie Smith captured the nation with her “meditations on kindness and hope” (NPR). Now, with Goldenrod, the award-winning poet returns with a powerful collection of poems that look at parenthood, solitude, love, and memory....
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Powerful Collection
- By BookishMarginalia on 07-28-21
By: Maggie Smith
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The Death of Sitting Bear
- New and Selected Poems
- By: N. Scott Momaday
- Narrated by: N. Scott Momaday
- Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
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One of the most important and unique voices in American letters, distinguished poet, novelist, artist, teacher, and storyteller N. Scott Momaday was born into the Kiowa tribe and grew up on Indian reservations in the Southwest....
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His voice, words and life are truly treasures
- By Elle Claire on 03-10-20
By: N. Scott Momaday
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The Perseverance
- By: Raymond Antrobus
- Narrated by: Raymond Antrobus
- Length: 49 mins
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The Perseverance is the remarkable debut book by British-Jamaican poet Raymond Antrobus. Ranging across history and continents, these poems operate in the spaces in between, their haunting lyrics creating new, hybrid territories....
By: Raymond Antrobus
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And Yet
- Poems
- By: Kate Baer
- Narrated by: Kate Baer
- Length: 55 mins
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The second full length poetry collection from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Kind of Woman....
By: Kate Baer
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The Life of a Wannabe Mogul
- Mental Disarray
- By: Bella Thorne
- Narrated by: Bella Thorne
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
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The Life of a Wannabe Mogul: Mental Disarray, Bella Thorne’s collection of illuminating and inspiring poems chronicles her personal struggles, relationships, and wild-child lifestyle, all with her trademark wit and wisdom....
By: Bella Thorne