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Title Author Year
From “Pink Waves” Sawako Nakayasu 2022
A Road for Loss Maya Abu Al-Hayyat 2022
The Deserted Plantation Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
Preparation Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
Length of Moon Arna Bontemps 1926
What’s Broken Dorianne Laux 2007
Corinthians 13:11 Jennifer Martelli 2022
Vespers Meg Day 2021
The River Village Tu Fu 1921
Harlem Shadows Claude McKay 1922
Beggar Boy Langston Hughes 1926
Home Thoughts Claude McKay 1922
Disintegrating Calculus Problem Mick Toma 2021
Undoing Khadijah Queen 2021
Hiatus Ely Shipley 2020
States of Decline Taylor Johnson 2019
Birds in Flight, 1965 Enrique Villasis 2020
Douce Souvenance Jessie Redmon Fauset 1920
Power (audio only) Audre Lorde 1978
Color Tina Chang 2019

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