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Title Author Year
Nikolaus Mardruz to his Master Ferdinand, Count of Tyrol, 1565 Richard Howard 1994
Pieces of the Past Michelle Bitting 2026
whole human purpose Raina J. León 2022
The Iliad, Book VI [The Price of Honor] Homer 2023
Another Name Amanda Hernández 2026
Somewhere Swimming Kyla Marshell 2025
I wake at dawn to glimpse my barren chest and speak to the children I won’t birth. Spencer Williams 2024
Nachum: Spring Songs Moses ibn Ezra 1889
Under the Poplars César Vallejo 1918
Juggler Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles 2019
Selkie Weaning Young (Redux) Diana Khoi Nguyen 2023
b&w sonnet no. 1 giovanni singleton 2022
Timid Lover Countee Cullen 1922
A Road for Loss Maya Abu Al-Hayyat 2022
What’s Broken Dorianne Laux 2007
Home Thoughts Claude McKay 1922
Undoing Khadijah Queen 2021
Birds in Flight, 1965 Enrique Villasis 2020
Douce Souvenance Jessie Redmon Fauset 1920
Power (audio only) Audre Lorde 1978

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