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Amazing Grace
John Newton

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2017

A Black Man Talks of Reaping
Arna Bontemps

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1926

The Journey
Mary Oliver

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1963

Eros Turannos
Edwin Arlington Robinson

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1914

Delight in Disorder
Robert Herrick

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2007

When Giving is All We Have
Alberto Ríos

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2014

The Ruined Maid
Thomas Hardy

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1866

Black Woman
Léopold Sédar Senghor

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1945

I Like to See It Lap the Miles
Emily Dickinson

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1891

Morning in the Burned House
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1995

Go Down, Moses
Anonymous

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1872

Citizen Illegal
José Olivarez

Fiction | Poetry Collection | Adult | Published in 2018

Surprised by Joy
William Wordsworth

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1815