April is National Poetry Month
Poetry Read-in
The Clovis Community College Library and the English & Reading Department invite you to an online reading on April 15th at 4:00 pm for National Poetry Month. You can come just to listen by registering to attend the zoom event. If you’d like to read a favorite poem, then fill out this form to read after you register. You can request poetry books through the library CCC OneSearch Catalog where you can find classic poets like E. E. Cummings, modern poets like Joy Harjo, or local poet Philip Levine. We look forward to seeing you there!
Create Spine Poetry
What is Spine Poetry? In the early 1990’s, artist Nina Katchadourian developed the art of picking book titles and stacking them so the spines could be read like a sentence or poem. Pick 4 to 6 of your favorite titles and create your own spine poetry. Then take a picture and tag us on Instagram @cloviscclibrary.
Check out these and other books through our Library-to-Go program using the CCC OneSearch Catalog.
New in the Library
Imperial Liquor: Poems
by Amaud Jamaul Johnson
Part remembrance, part swan song for the Compton, California of the 1980s. These poems concern loneliness, fear, fatigue, rage, love, aging, urban decay, and fatherhood held against the vulnerability of the black male body.
Furious Flower: Seeding the Future of African American Poetry
ed by Joanne V. Gabbin and Lauren K. Alleyne
This collection brings together many of the paramount voices in Black poetry, composing an electrifying mosaic of voices, generations, and aesthetics that reveals the Black narrative.
Dearly: New Poems
by Margaret Atwood
Atwood’s new poetry is introspective, hauntingly beautiful, and personal in tone, with a wide range of topics including reflections on life and death, time and change, and nature and zombies.
The Poet's Mistake
by Erica McAlpine
McAlpine gathers together numerous instances of poetical errors, from well-known historical gaffes to never-before-noticed grammatical incongruities, misspellings, and blunders.
What Sound is Morning?
by Grant Snider
At the first morning light, everything is quiet. Or is it? Welcome the day by exploring the subtle wonders and exciting sounds of the morning with this lyrical and picturesque children’s story.
God-Level Knowledge Darts: Life Lessons From the Bronx
by Desus Nice and Kid Mero
Hosts of a hit late-night show take a wide-angle view of life, and dispense a wild, hilarious guide with advice that falls between what they wish they had known and what they think you need to know.
Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America
by Ijeoma Oluo
This history of American white male identity describes the devastating consequences of racial and sexual dominance and imagines a merit-based, non-discriminating model.
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America 1619-2019
ed by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain
A chorus of extraordinary voices tells the epic story of the four-hundred-year journey of African Americans through a rich variety of perspectives and techniques.
The Committed: A Novel
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Nguyen continues the story of the Sympathizer - "the man of two minds" - as he comes to Paris as a refugee. Both literary thriller and brilliant novel of ideas, The Committed is a blistering portrayal of commitment and betrayal. Available in Overdrive.
