Frank Carlson Library

A collection of poems about relationships, love, pain, perseverance, self-care and self-love. Documenting unhealthy relationships and why the heart ends up in the hands of those deemed unworthy, this collection speaks to the heart's ability to hold on to relationships that no longer deserve our energy, as well as what happens when we are ready to let go.

R.H. Sin's second volume of poetry deals powerfully with relationships, love, pain, and fortitude. His message of perseverance in the face of emotional turmoil cuts to the heart of modern-day life.

Presents a collection of poems by NFL wide receiver Tyler Lockett in which he address life's many challenges, temptations, and rewards.

The calm before and after the storm. Rest in the Mourning is a steady and profound stream of conscious thoughts and emotion. Documenting unhealthy relationships and why the heart ends up in the hands of those deemed unworthy. It speaks to the heart's ability to hold on to relationships that no longer deserve our energy as well as what happens when we are ready to let go. Rest in the Mourning is about self-care and self-love.

"With ambitious manipulations of poetic forms, Tyehimba Jess presents the sweat and story behind America's blues, worksongs and church hymns. Part fact, part fiction, Jess's much anticipated second book weaves sonnet, song, and narrative to examine the lives of mostly unrecorded African American performers directly before and after the Civil War up to World War I. Olio is an effort to understand how they met, resisted, complicated, co-opted, and sometimes...