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<p>A special edition of the poem &ldquo;The Hill We Climb,&rdquo; read at the inauguration of the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden, on January 20, 2021 On January 20, 2021, Amanda Gorman became the sixth and youngest poet, at age twenty-two, to deliver a poetry reading at a presidential inauguration. Her inaugural poem, &ldquo;The Hill We Climb,&rdquo; is now available to cherish in this special edition.</p>

A revised hardcover edition of the Number One Sunday Times bestseller home body by rupi kaur, author of the Number One Sunday Times bestsellers milk and honey and the sun and her flowers. Rupi's long-awaited hardcover edition debuts exclusive poems and is beautifully clothbound and foil stamped.

<b>'A triumph ... A wholly original and creative mind' </b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> <b>'Akwaeke Emezi continues to astound with their prolific multi-genre, multidisciplinary work' </b><i>SHONDALAND</i> ________________________ <b>A fiercely contemporary collection which renegotiates the contract between poet and reader in the light of this moment in human history, from the bestselling author of <i>The Death of Vivek Oji</i></b> <i>Content Warning: Everything </i>concerns itself with the fugitive nature of being in the world especially, but not exclusively, within blackness. The poems reshape possibilities for poetry by paying close attention to the author's rhythm of thought, making a series of durable anthems from the noise of the contemporary moment. In this bold debut poetry collection, Akwaeke Emezi - award-winning author of <i>Freshwater, PET, The Death of Vivek Oji </i>and <i>Dear Senthuran </i>- imagines a new depth of belonging. Crafted of both divine and earthly materials, these poems travel from home to homesickness, tracing desire to surrender and abuse to survival, while mapping out a chosen family that includes the son of god, mary auntie, and magdalene with the chestnut eyes. Written from a spiritfirst perspective and celebrating the essence of self that is impossible to drown, kill, or reduce, <i>Content Warning: Everything</i> distills the radiant power and epic grief of a mischievous and wanting young deity, embodied.

<p>The Uyghur people of Central Asia have a long and distinguished tradition of poetry - indeed, their first oral epic was circulating as early as the 2nd century BCE. In the medieval period Sufi poetry flourished, embracing Persian forms such as the ghazal, which spoke eloquently of beauty, love, loss and separation. A major poet, Alshir Navayi (1441 -1501) fully established classical Turkic or Chagatai as a perfect vehicle for poetic expression. Some contemporary poets continue to find inspiration within the traditional forms, while others experiment with a freer style of verse.<br/>Uyghur poetry reflects the magnificent natural landscapes where the Uyghurs have lived for two millennia - endless steppes, soaring mountain ranges and mysterious deserts, crossed by the historic Silk Road. It is also shaped by their turbulent past, caught between warring empires or marauding warlords - and their deeply troubled present.<br/>The Uyghurs form a minority in China, where the government is now making a systematic attempt to erase their language and culture. Many intellectuals have been imprisoned, and many poets are now writing from exile, including the editor and translator of this volume, Aziz Isa Elkun, who lives in London. <i>Uyghur Poems</i> is not only a celebration of an ancient and vibrant poetic tradition, but also a vital witness to a culture under threat.</p>

A powerful and timely new book from Neil Gaiman, illustrated by a group of extraordinary artists and published in collaboration with the UNHCR. <b>Sometimes it only takes a stranger in a dark place ... to say we have the right to be here, to make us warm in the coldest season.</b> In 2019, Neil Gaiman asked his Twitter followers: <i>What reminds you of warmth?</i> Over 1,000 responses later, Neil began to weave replies from across the world into one poem in aid of the UNHCR's winter appeal. It revealed our shared desire to feel safe, welcome and warm in a world that can often feel scary. Now publishing in hardback and illustrated by a group of artists from around the world, <b>What You Need to Be Warm</b> is an exploration of displacement and flight from conflict through the objects and memories that represent warmth. It is about our right to feel safe, whoever we are and wherever we are from. It is about holding out a hand to welcome those who find themselves far from home. A beautiful gift book, perfect for reading as a family and sparking conversations about the importance of welcoming those who have been displaced. <b>What You Need to Be Warm</b> shows that in our often-fractured world, we all yearn for the objects, memories and people that make us feel warm and safe. Featuring new, original illustrations from Chris Riddell, Benji Davies, Yuliya Gwilym, Nadine Kaadan, Daniel Egneus, Pam Smy, Petr Horacek, Beth Suzanna, Bagram Ibatouilline, Marie-Alice Harrel, Majid Adin and Richard Jones. GBP1.50 from every copy sold will be donated to the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, which helps forcibly displaced communities and stateless people across the world.

<p>From one of the most influential writers of his generation, a gorgeously surprising poetry collection about memory, history, and the act of looking back</p><p>Following several of his internationally acclaimed novels, A Year of Last Things is Michael Ondaatjes long-awaited return to poetry . In pieces that are sometimes witty, sometimes moving, and always wise, we journey back through time by way of alchemical leaps, unearthing writings by revered masters, moments of shared tenderness, and the abandoned landscapes we hold on to to rediscover the influence of every border crossed. </p><p>Moving from a Sri Lankan boarding school to Molières chair during his last stage performance, to Bulgarian churches and their icons, to the California coast and his beloved Canadian rivers, Michael Ondaatje casts a brilliant eye that merges memory with the present, in the way memory as the distant shores of art and lost friends continue to influence everything that surrounds him. </p><p>From his poem "His chair, a narrow bed, a motel room, the fox": </p><p>At the Hacienda Motel in Los Angeles Sam Cooke was shot dead.<br/>See that shadow on the wall . . . All those motels and hotels<br/>in literature and song, where X wrote this,<br/>where Y got drunk, where Z overdosed.<br/>The one Hank Williams was driven past, dead already in his car.<br/>The Slavianski Bazaar Hotel in "The Lady with a Dog,"<br/>where Dmitri imagines their dark but hopeful future.<br/>The Hôtel de ville de Courtrai, where Verlaine shot Rimbaud.<br/>The Casa Verdi in Milan, where retired opera singers were welcomed<br/>along with various heteronyms of Fernando Pessoa in their afterlife.</p>

Olle Orrje debuterade som lyriker 1975 med samlingen Tjuvstart. Sedan dess har han publicerat fjorton diktsamlimgar samt den surrealistiska romanen Frasgördeln. Olle Orrje har även varit verksam som geotekniker, som jazztrombonist och som bluessångare och Boogie Woogiepianist. Som jazzmusiker har han fått det svenska Louis Armstrong-stipendiet. För sin poesi har han erhållit stipendier från Albert Bonniers Stipendiefond samt från Svenska Akademien. På www.podpoesi.nu kan man höra Olle Orrje läsa egna dikter.