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Encountering Maternal Silence Audiobook By Kelly M. Brown cover art
Encountering Maternal Silence
  • Encountering Maternal Silence

  • Writing Strategies for Negotiating Margins of Mothering in Contemporary Canadian Prairie Women’s Poetry
  • By: Kelly M. Brown
  • Narrated by: Emily McIntyre
  • Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

This study explores how contemporary Canadian Prairie women poets negotiate the silences, gaps, and margins surrounding maternal experience through innovative writing strategies.

By: Kelly M. Brown

Death by Living Audiobook By N. D. Wilson cover art
Death by Living
  • Death by Living

  • Life Is Meant to Be Spent
  • By: N. D. Wilson
  • Narrated by: N. D. Wilson
  • Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    186
  • Performance
    167
  • Story
    167

A poetic portrait of faith, futility, and the joy of this mortal life. In this astoundingly unique audiobook, best-selling author N. D. Wilson reminds each of us that to truly live, we must recognize that we are dying....

  • Phenomenal non-fiction narrative!

  • By Cedarland on 07-05-20

By: N. D. Wilson

Tender Audiobook By Harry Baker cover art
Tender
  • Tender

  • By: Harry Baker
  • Narrated by: Harry Baker
  • Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    1
  • Performance
    1
  • Story
    1

Tender captures all the tiny, fragile, perfect moments of new life and, with it, new parenthood. Full of sleepless wonder and with his characteristic wit and warmth, Harry Baker offers snapshots into the intense first 100 days with his son as they get to know each other.

  • An original work narrated by the author

  • By katie on 03-12-26

By: Harry Baker

The Night Before Christmas Audiobook By Clement Moore, Charles Santore cover art
The Night Before Christmas
  • The Night Before Christmas

  • By: Clement Moore, Charles Santore
  • Narrated by: Jeff Bridges
  • Length: 4 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    34
  • Performance
    27
  • Story
    27

The Night Before Christmas is an enchanting Christmas story that has brought Santa Claus to life for generations. Celebrate the holiday season with this #1 New York Times bestselling edition of the classic poem read by Jeff Bridges. 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house...

  • The Dude makes an excellent Santa!

  • By FrogfaceAmazon Customer on 12-26-22

By: Clement Moore, and others

The Carrying Audiobook By Ada Limón cover art
The Carrying
  • The Carrying

  • Poems
  • By: Ada Limón
  • Narrated by: Ada Limón
  • Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    13
  • Performance
    11
  • Story
    11

From U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón comes The Carrying—her most powerful collection yet....

  • Ada reading her work is a must listen!

  • By C. Beale on 05-11-24

By: Ada Limón

The Hurting Kind Audiobook By Ada Limón cover art
The Hurting Kind
  • The Hurting Kind

  • By: Ada Limón
  • Narrated by: Ada Limón
  • Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    20
  • Performance
    17
  • Story
    17

An astonishing collection about interconnectedness—between the human and nonhuman, ancestors and ourselves—from National Book Critics Circle Award winner, National Book Award finalist and U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón....

  • The Beauty of her insights

  • By Tom on 07-30-24

By: Ada Limón

Encountering Maternal Silence Audiobook By Kelly M. Brown cover art
Encountering Maternal Silence
  • Encountering Maternal Silence

  • Writing Strategies for Negotiating Margins of Mothering in Contemporary Canadian Prairie Women’s Poetry
  • By: Kelly M. Brown
  • Narrated by: Emily McIntyre
  • Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

This study explores how contemporary Canadian Prairie women poets negotiate the silences, gaps, and margins surrounding maternal experience through innovative writing strategies.

By: Kelly M. Brown

Death by Living Audiobook By N. D. Wilson cover art
Death by Living
  • Death by Living

  • Life Is Meant to Be Spent
  • By: N. D. Wilson
  • Narrated by: N. D. Wilson
  • Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    186
  • Performance
    167
  • Story
    167

A poetic portrait of faith, futility, and the joy of this mortal life. In this astoundingly unique audiobook, best-selling author N. D. Wilson reminds each of us that to truly live, we must recognize that we are dying....

  • Phenomenal non-fiction narrative!

  • By Cedarland on 07-05-20

By: N. D. Wilson

Tender Audiobook By Harry Baker cover art
Tender
  • Tender

  • By: Harry Baker
  • Narrated by: Harry Baker
  • Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    1
  • Performance
    1
  • Story
    1

Tender captures all the tiny, fragile, perfect moments of new life and, with it, new parenthood. Full of sleepless wonder and with his characteristic wit and warmth, Harry Baker offers snapshots into the intense first 100 days with his son as they get to know each other.

  • An original work narrated by the author

  • By katie on 03-12-26

By: Harry Baker

The Night Before Christmas Audiobook By Clement Moore, Charles Santore cover art
The Night Before Christmas
  • The Night Before Christmas

  • By: Clement Moore, Charles Santore
  • Narrated by: Jeff Bridges
  • Length: 4 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    34
  • Performance
    27
  • Story
    27

The Night Before Christmas is an enchanting Christmas story that has brought Santa Claus to life for generations. Celebrate the holiday season with this #1 New York Times bestselling edition of the classic poem read by Jeff Bridges. 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house...

  • The Dude makes an excellent Santa!

  • By FrogfaceAmazon Customer on 12-26-22

By: Clement Moore, and others

The Carrying Audiobook By Ada Limón cover art
The Carrying
  • The Carrying

  • Poems
  • By: Ada Limón
  • Narrated by: Ada Limón
  • Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    13
  • Performance
    11
  • Story
    11

From U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón comes The Carrying—her most powerful collection yet....

  • Ada reading her work is a must listen!

  • By C. Beale on 05-11-24

By: Ada Limón

The Hurting Kind Audiobook By Ada Limón cover art
The Hurting Kind
  • The Hurting Kind

  • By: Ada Limón
  • Narrated by: Ada Limón
  • Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    20
  • Performance
    17
  • Story
    17

An astonishing collection about interconnectedness—between the human and nonhuman, ancestors and ourselves—from National Book Critics Circle Award winner, National Book Award finalist and U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón....

  • The Beauty of her insights

  • By Tom on 07-30-24

By: Ada Limón

You Are Your Own Fairy Tale Audiobook By Amanda Lovelace cover art
You Are Your Own Fairy Tale
  • You Are Your Own Fairy Tale

  • The Audiobook Collection
  • By: Amanda Lovelace
  • Narrated by: Amanda Lovelace
  • Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4
  • Performance
    4
  • Story
    4

Read by author amanda lovelace herself, you are your own fairy tale: the audiobook collection features the three enchanting poetry books that round out the collection: break your glass slippers, shine your icy crown, and unlock your storybook heart....

  • I love the idea of small stories.

  • By Anonymous on 09-27-24

By: Amanda Lovelace

The Odyssey Audiobook By Homer, Peter Jones - introduction, E. V. Rieu - translator, D. C. H. Rieu - translator cover art
The Odyssey
  • The Odyssey

  • Penguin Classics
  • By: Homer, Peter Jones - introduction, E. V. Rieu - translator, and others
  • Narrated by: George Blagden
  • Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    59
  • Performance
    46
  • Story
    46

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by George Blagden, star of Versailles and Vikings. This definitive recording is translated by E.V. Rieu, revised by D.C.H. Rieu, and contains an introduction by Peter Jones. The epic tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after...

  • A good read

  • By Tad Davis on 10-15-19

By: Homer, and others

I Love You, Call Me Back Audiobook By Sabrina Benaim cover art
I Love You, Call Me Back
  • I Love You, Call Me Back

  • Poems
  • By: Sabrina Benaim
  • Narrated by: Sabrina Benaim
  • Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    23
  • Performance
    20
  • Story
    20

From one of the most-viewed spoken word poets of all time, a collection exploring loneliness, anxiety, and longing—and finding peace, and even joy, in unexpected places Sabrina Benaim, author of Depression & Other Magic Tricks, has connected deeply with readers and reached millions of viewers...

  • Amazing

  • By Bobbie on 03-20-23

By: Sabrina Benaim

44 Poems on Being with Each Other Audiobook By Pádraig Ó Tuama cover art
44 Poems on Being with Each Other
  • 44 Poems on Being with Each Other

  • A Poetry Unbound Collection
  • By: Pádraig Ó Tuama
  • Narrated by: Pádraig Ó Tuama
  • Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    3
  • Performance
    3
  • Story
    3

44 Poems on Being with Each Other is a new volume that offers immersive reflections on the human connection. With an observant eye, Pádraig Ó Tuama shares an enlightening meditation on each poem, revealing the ways we relate to each other, the world around us, and ourselves.

  • love this guy's voice

  • By Bevdotcom on 08-09-25

By: Pádraig Ó Tuama

Beautiful Chaos Audiobook By Jessica Urlichs cover art
Beautiful Chaos
  • Beautiful Chaos

  • On Motherhood, Finding Yourself, and Overwhelming Love
  • By: Jessica Urlichs
  • Narrated by: Jessica Urlichs
  • Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    2
  • Performance
    2
  • Story
    2

The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller 'The words awaken the magic of life by celebrating the ordinary' - Giovanna Fletcher 'Beautifully heartfelt, inspiringly poignant and therapeutically validating' - Anna Mathur Motherhood is messy and beautiful, and hard and humbling. We adore our children, and...

By: Jessica Urlichs

The Beauty of the Husband Audiobook By Anne Carson cover art
The Beauty of the Husband
  • The Beauty of the Husband

  • A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos
  • By: Anne Carson
  • Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick
  • Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

The Beauty of the Husband is an essay on Keats's idea that beauty is truth, and is also the story of a marriage. It is told in 29 tangos. A tango (like a marriage) is something you have to dance to the end.

By: Anne Carson

When You See My Mother, Ask Her to Dance Audiobook By Joan Baez cover art
When You See My Mother, Ask Her to Dance
  • When You See My Mother, Ask Her to Dance

  • Poems
  • By: Joan Baez
  • Narrated by: Joan Baez
  • Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    6
  • Performance
    4
  • Story
    4

An intimate, autobiographical poetry collection from legendary artist and activist, Joan Baez.

  • what a poet she is

  • By J. J. on 03-16-26

By: Joan Baez

Room Swept Home Audiobook By Remica Bingham-Risher cover art
Room Swept Home
  • Room Swept Home

  • By: Remica Bingham-Risher
  • Narrated by: Remica Bingham-Risher
  • Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    1
  • Performance
    1
  • Story
    1

Braiding meticulous archival research with Womanist scholarship and her hallmark lyrical precision, Bingham-Risher's latest collection of poems treads the murky waters of race, lineage, faith, mental health, and women's rights....

  • Perfection

  • By Amazon Customer on 03-19-24

By: Remica Bingham-Risher

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head Audiobook By Warsan Shire cover art
Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head
  • Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

  • Poems
  • By: Warsan Shire
  • Narrated by: Warsan Shire
  • Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    33
  • Performance
    29
  • Story
    29

Poems of migration, womanhood, trauma, and resilience from the celebrated collaborator on Beyoncé’s Lemonade and Black Is King, award-winning Somali British poet Warsan Shire “The beautifully crafted poems in this collection are fiercely tender gifts.”—Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist...

  • The poems

  • By Anne on 04-02-25

By: Warsan Shire

What the Deep Water Knows Audiobook By Miranda Cowley Heller cover art
What the Deep Water Knows
  • What the Deep Water Knows

  • Poems
  • By: Miranda Cowley Heller
  • Narrated by: Miranda Cowley Heller
  • Length: 1 hr and 57 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Paper Palace, a Reese's Book Club Pick, comes a debut poetry collection that paints a moving portrait of a rich life from childhood to love to marriage to motherhood to divorce and beyond.

By: Miranda Cowley Heller

My Childhood in Pieces Audiobook By Edward Hirsch cover art
My Childhood in Pieces
  • My Childhood in Pieces

  • A Stand-Up Comedy, a Skokie Elegy
  • By: Edward Hirsch
  • Narrated by: Edward Hirsch
  • Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5
  • Performance
    4
  • Story
    4

From the award-winning poet, dark comic microbursts of prose deliver a whole childhood, at the hands of an aspiring middle-class Jewish family whose hard-boiled American values and wit were the forge of a poet's coming-of-age. “My grandparents taught me to write my sins on paper and cast them...

  • Taking me back

  • By Jack C. Doppelt on 08-03-25

By: Edward Hirsch

They Bloom Because of You Audiobook By Jessica Urlichs cover art
They Bloom Because of You
  • They Bloom Because of You

  • Poems on the Infinite Love, Growth, and Magic of Motherhood
  • By: Jessica Urlichs
  • Narrated by: Jessica Urlichs
  • Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    2
  • Performance
    2
  • Story
    2

Sunday Times bestselling author and Instagram sensation Jessica Urlichs returns with a new collection of beautifully observed poems about the ever-evolving journey of motherhood—the hard, the magic, and the fleeting. The love you have for your children Only deepens as they grow As poet Jessica...

By: Jessica Urlichs

The Life of a Wannabe Mogul Audiobook By Bella Thorne cover art
The Life of a Wannabe Mogul
  • The Life of a Wannabe Mogul

  • Mental Disarray
  • By: Bella Thorne
  • Narrated by: Bella Thorne
  • Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    9
  • Performance
    6
  • Story
    6

The Life of a Wannabe Mogul: Mental Disarray, Bella Thorne’s collection of illuminating and inspiring poems chronicles her personal struggles, relationships, and wild-child lifestyle, all with her trademark wit and wisdom....

By: Bella Thorne

Unraveling Audiobook By Brandon Leake cover art
Unraveling
  • Unraveling

  • Poems
  • By: Brandon Leake
  • Narrated by: Brandon Leake
  • Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    2
  • Performance
    2
  • Story
    2

From famous spoken word poet, artistic educator, and founder/CEO of “Called to Move” Brandon Leake comes his debut poetry collection Unraveling....

By: Brandon Leake

Girls That Never Die Audiobook By Safia Elhillo cover art
Girls That Never Die
  • Girls That Never Die

  • Poems
  • By: Safia Elhillo
  • Narrated by: Safia Elhillo
  • Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    6
  • Performance
    5
  • Story
    5

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Intimate poems that explore feminine shame and violence and imagine what liberation from these threats might look like, from the award-winning author of The January Children “Incredibly moving . . . Every single poem is stellar.”—Roxane Gay, author of Difficult...

By: Safia Elhillo

The Perseverance Audiobook By Raymond Antrobus cover art
The Perseverance
  • The Perseverance

  • By: Raymond Antrobus
  • Narrated by: Raymond Antrobus
  • Length: 49 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4
  • Performance
    3
  • Story
    3

The Perseverance is the remarkable debut book by British-Jamaican poet Raymond Antrobus. Ranging across history and continents, these poems operate in the spaces in between, their haunting lyrics creating new, hybrid territories....

By: Raymond Antrobus

Some Things I Still Can't Tell You Audiobook By Misha Collins cover art
Some Things I Still Can't Tell You
  • Some Things I Still Can't Tell You

  • Poems
  • By: Misha Collins
  • Narrated by: Misha Collins
  • Length: 57 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    41
  • Performance
    40
  • Story
    40

This book is a compilation of small observations and musings. It's filled with moments of reflection and a love letter to simple joys....

  • Love, Life and Garbage Trucks

  • By Susan T Vigilante on 12-07-23

By: Misha Collins

The New Book Audiobook By Nikki Giovanni cover art
The New Book
  • The New Book

  • Poems, Letters, Blurbs, and Things
  • By: Nikki Giovanni
  • Narrated by: Kwame Alexander, Cheryl Boyce-Taylor, Jericho Brown, and others
  • Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    1
  • Performance
    1
  • Story
    1

An all-star ensemble cast of poets and performers bring to life Nikki Giovanni’s extraordinary final collection—a landmark of American literature! For decades, Nikki Giovanni’s poetry has been at the forefront of American culture. The New Book is a towering work of protest against the...

By: Nikki Giovanni

Night Watch Audiobook By Kevin Young cover art
Night Watch
  • Night Watch

  • Poems
  • By: Kevin Young
  • Narrated by: Kevin Young
  • Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR POETRY LONGLISTED FOR THE GRIFFIN POETRY PRIZE A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice From the award-winning poet at the height of his career, a book of personal and American experiences...

By: Kevin Young

Made of Rivers [Revised & Expanded] Audiobook By Emory Hall cover art
Made of Rivers [Revised & Expanded]
  • Made of Rivers [Revised & Expanded]

  • By: Emory Hall
  • Narrated by: Emory Hall
  • Length: 46 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    7
  • Performance
    7
  • Story
    7

Now revised and expanded with new poems, this raw and poignant collection takes readers on a journey through the winding currents of self-discovery, transformation, and healing, culminating in a glistening sea of love and redemption. the love that is meant for you will always find you - the...

  • Ernest. Poignant.

  • By Joan Thomas on 03-20-25

By: Emory Hall

Life, Love and Loss Audiobook By Donna Ashworth cover art
Life, Love and Loss
  • Life, Love and Loss

  • Poems for Every Hurdle on Life’s Highway
  • By: Donna Ashworth
  • Narrated by: Donna Ashworth
  • Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    7
  • Performance
    7
  • Story
    7

After the bestselling I Wish I Knew, Donna Ashworth has now produced an extraordinary three-volume collection of poems that will touch and inspire every listener in the ups and downs we all face in love, in life and in loss....

  • amazing

  • By Judy Von Zuben aka Reaper's Kitchen on 08-30-24

By: Donna Ashworth

Self Love Poetry Audiobook By Melody Godfred cover art
Self Love Poetry
  • Self Love Poetry

  • For Thinkers & Feelers
  • By: Melody Godfred
  • Narrated by: Melody Godfred
  • Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    24
  • Performance
    23
  • Story
    23

Melody Godfred explores concepts like authenticity, surrender, resilience, gratitude, believing in yourself, and of course, love, through 100 pairs of poems, each dedicated to a central theme....

  • relatable, moving, & enlightening

  • By MzAri on 12-24-25

By: Melody Godfred

The Last Song of the World Audiobook By Joseph Fasano cover art
The Last Song of the World
  • The Last Song of the World

  • By: Joseph Fasano
  • Narrated by: Joseph Fasano
  • Length: Less than 1 minute
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

Joseph Fasano’s The Last Song of the World delves into the chaos of the modern world, and searches for resilience in the face of environmental and societal devastation.

By: Joseph Fasano

Love Poems for the Office Audiobook By John Kenney cover art
Love Poems for the Office
  • Love Poems for the Office

  • By: John Kenney
  • Narrated by: John Kenney
  • Length: 50 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4
  • Performance
    4
  • Story
    4

In the spirit of his Love Poems collections, as well as his wildly popular New Yorker pieces, New York Times bestseller and Thurber Prize-winner John Kenney returns with a hilarious new collection of poetry--for office life. With the same brilliant wit and biting realism that made Love Poems for...

  • Boring

  • By Anonymous on 09-25-23

By: John Kenney

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