Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir

Something on My Mind

What is Goodbye?

Stepping Out With Grandma Mac

Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance

One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance

Nubby's Story (The Dodo)

Each Tiny Spark

When Wesley Boone writes a poem for his high school English class, some of his classmates clamor to read their poems aloud too. Soon they're having weekly poetry sessions and, one by one, the eighteen students are opening up and taking on the risky challenge of self-revelation. There's Lupe Alvarin, desperate to have a baby so she will feel loved. Raynard Patterson, hiding a secret behind his silence. Porscha Johnson, needing an outlet for her anger after her mother OD's. Through the poetry they share and narratives in which they reveal their most intimate thoughts about themselves and one another, their words and lives show what lies beneath the skin, behind the eyes, beyond the masquerade.

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Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir

Nikki Grimes, 2019

Something on My Mind

Nikki Grimes, 1992

What is Goodbye?

Nikki Grimes, Raúl Colón, 2004

Stepping Out With Grandma Mac

Nikki Grimes, Angelo, 2001

Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance

Nikki Grimes, 2021

One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance

Nikki Grimes, 2017

Nubby's Story (The Dodo)

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Each Tiny Spark

Pablo Cartaya, 2019