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Poetry and Protest
Edited by Aisha Karim and Lee Sustar -
Heaven Looks Like Us
Edited by George Abraham and Noor Hindi -
Infinity for Marxists
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We the Gathered Heat
Edited by Franny Choi, Bao Phi, et al. -
The BreakBeat Poets
Edited by Kevin Coval, Quraysh Ali Lansana, et al. -
Guernica #2
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The Gate of Memory
Edited by Brynn Saito and Brandon Shimoda -
The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 3
Edited by Fatimah Asghar and Safia Elhillo -
What We Do With God
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L-vis Lives!
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The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2
Edited by Mahogany L. Browne, Idrissa Simmonds, et al. -
A Map of My Want
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Reprise
by Golden -
1919
by Eve L. Ewing -
Can I Kick It?
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The Limitless Heart
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Nazar Boy
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The Body Family
by Hope Wabuke -
Before the Next Bomb Drops
by Remi Kanazi -
A People's History of Chicago
by Kevin Coval -
aja monet
“Aja Monet’s poetry offers us textures of feeling and radical shifts of meaning that expand our capacity to envision and fight for new worlds.”
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Faylita Hicks
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Mohammed El-Kurd
“Mohammed El-Kurd’s poetry is a home returned to us.”
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Cortney Lamar Charleston
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“Poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.”
April is National Poetry Month. To celebrate, we put together a list of poetry books that tell stories of resistance, sorrow, solidarity and hope in our struggles to change the world. Take 40% off all the books on our list.
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40% Off Haymarket Poetry for AWP
For the 2022 AWP conference, we've put together a list of poetry and select non-fiction books that tell stories of resistance, sorrow, solidarity and hope in our struggles to change the world, which may be of special interest to conference attendees and other writers.
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Haymarket Spring Poetry Showcase
Join us for the Haymarket Poetry Spring Showcase, where we'll celebrate new books by Noor Hindi, Maya Marshall, and Hope Wabuke.
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Poetry for the People Book Bundle
In celebration of National Poetry Month, we're glad to offer a bundle of five remarkable poetry collections, engaging with topics ranging from incarceration and hip-hop to masculinity, love and grief, intimate partner violence, Black girl/womandhood, and more. Get all five for $55!
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Free Palestine: A Homemade Poetry Reading
A poetry reading dedicated to our Palestinian comrades on Nakba Day, hosted by Aja Monet.
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MAYDAY MAYDAY: A Homemade Poetry Reading
A May Day poetry reading dedicated to essential/frontline workers, hosted by Aja Monet.
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Meet the 2025 Writing Freedom Fellows
Haymarket Books and the Mellon Foundation are honored to welcome the second cohort of the Writing Freedom Fellowship—a program created to recognize, support, and elevate the voices of emerging and established writers who are impacted by the carceral system and are working in genres spanning poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.
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Haymarket Poetry Presents: The Patron Saint of Making Curfew
Join a panel of poets to celebrate the release of Tim Staffford's new chapbook The Patron Saint of Making Curfew!
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If God Is A Virus: Poems
Join a powerful line-up of poets to celebrate Seema Yasmin's new poetry collection, If God Is A Virus.
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Haymarket Poetry Presents: All the Blood Involved in Love
Join Maya Marshall and special guests for a celebration of her new book All the Blood Involved in Love.
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Poetics of Liberation Bundle
To celebrate National Poetry Month this April, we have put together these vital collections of poems born from the fight for Black, Palestinian, trans, queer liberation and resistance struggles everywhere. Readers in Britain and Ireland can get all five books for just £30 if you order before May 1st, or visit our social media to find out how to win all five books for free!
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Free Palestine! A Reading List
An incredible collection of books that illuminate the struggle for Palestine through essays, poetry, narrative journalism, and political analysis.
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Announcing the Writing Freedom Fellowship
The Fellowship program provides a one-time, unrestricted grant for writers of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction affected by the criminal legal system.
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Poet Camonghne Felix Longlisted for National Book Award
Camonghne Felix’s debut book of poems, Build Yourself a Boat, has been longlisted for the 2019 National Book Award for Poetry. The book is an anthem of survival and a look at what might come after. A view of what floats and what, ultimately, sustains.
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50% OFF Poetry for Getting Free
ALL Haymarket Books, including all of the books and chapbooks in the BreakBeat Poets series, are 50% off through January 5. You also get a free Ebook* and free shipping on orders over $25 inside the US.
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Haymarket Poetry Presents: The Body Family
Join Hope Wabuke and special guests Safia Elhillo and Ladan Osman for a celebration of Wabuke's new book The Body Family.
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If God Is A Virus
Seema Yasmin and Steven Thrasher in conversation to celebrate Yasmin’s newly released poetry collection, If God Is A Virus.
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Black LatiNext: A BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4 Book Release
The Root Slam presents an all Black Latinx book release celebrating The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNext.
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Smoking Lovely: The Remix!
Willie Perdomo brings a legendary roster of poets to celebrate his radically revised new edition Smoking Lovely: The Remix.
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BreakBeat Poets Presents: Lineage of Rain: A Celebration
Celebrate Janel Pineda’s Lineage of Rain with special guests: Kay Ulanday Barrett, féi hernandez, Vanessa Angélica Villareal and Jihyun Yun.
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Haymarket Poetry Presents: Because You Were Mine
July 6, 2023
Online
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Haymarket Poetry Presents: We The Gathered Heat
September 25, 2024
Online
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Haymarket Spring Poetry Showcase
March 21, 2022
Live-stream
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An Evening of Poetry at Haymarket House
April 14, 2023
Haymarket House
Chicago, IL -
Homemade: An Online Poetry Event for the People with Aja Monet
June 15, 2020
Live-stream
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Homemade: An Online Poetry Event for the People with Aja Monet
June 15, 2020 - June 16, 2020
Live-stream
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Haymarket Poetry Presents: Remedies For Disappearing
June 6, 2023
Online
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Poetry and Prose of Palestine
November 15, 2024
Online
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Heaven Looks Like Us: Palestinian Poetry
May 15, 2025
Online
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Like A Hammer: Poets on Mass Incarceration
March 7, 2025
Haymarket House
Chicago, IL -
A Celebration of AAPI Writers
May 28, 2024
Haymarket House
Chicago, IL -
Haymarket Poetry Presents: All the Blood Involved in Love (In Person))
June 22, 2022
Haymarket House
Chicago, IL -
Nazar Boy: Book Launch and Celebration
August 8, 2024
Haymarket House and Online
Chicago, IL -
Haymarket Poetry Reading & Pandemic Launch Party
September 24, 2022
Haymarket House
Chicago, IL -
Ankle-Deep In Pacific Water Book Launch
October 29, 2024
Haymarket House
Chicago, IL -
Haymarket Poetry Presents: DEAR GOD. DEAR BONES. DEAR YELLOW.
May 31, 2022
Live-stream
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Haymarket Poetry Presents: The Patron Saint of Making Curfew
December 14, 2021
Online Teach-in
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If God Is A Virus: Poems
July 20, 2021
Live-stream
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Elsewhere: An Elegy Book Release Event with Faisal Mohyuddin
April 27, 2024
Haymarket House
Chicago, IL -
Remedies for Disappearing: A Book Launch and Celebration with Alexa Patrick
June 5, 2024
Haymarket House and Online
Chicago, IL
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