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Halal if you Hear Me: The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 3 | Ed. Fatima Asghar & Safia Elhillo | $35.99 | Haymarket Books

Two formidable talents in contemporary poetry edit this groundbreaking, mind-altering anthology. The collection sheds light on the diverse ways people celebrate, and lay claims to, a Muslim identity, highlighting the identity’s intersections and nuances. Essential reading.

Making Kin Not Population: Reconceiving Generations | Ed. Donna Haraway & Adele Clarke | $23.99 | Prickly Paradigm Press

Conversations about population growth and sustainability have long been morally and politically fraught, entangled as they are in histories of transnational inequality, colonialism, and eugenics. Drawing together essays by leading antiracist, ecologically-concerned, feminist scholars, Haraway and Clarke reframe the conversation in productive and thrilling ways.

Only as the Day is Long | Dorianne Laux | $41.95 | John Wiley

A collection from a true master of the form. Precise, heartfelt, and often overwhelmingly beautiful, Laux’s earthy and lyrical paeans to survival, healing, and celebration are a real source of solace in our trying times. For fans of Ada Limón, Mary Oliver, and Joy Harjo. — Zak