Search Results for American essays.

Logging in...

User ID / Barcode:

Password:

Forgot your PIN?

Forgot my Password

Enter your username and a recovery link will be emailed to the email address on file at your library.

User ID / Barcode:

My Account

My Lists

Select Language

English
Français
中文（简体）
中文（正體）
Español
Deutsch
Português

Remember to clear the cache and close the browser window.

Read/Watch/Listen
Read
Watch/Listen
Discover
- Learning, Research & Tools
- Help Using Digital Content
Play
How Do I…
Programs
Branches & Hours
Visiting the Library FAQs
Contact Us
Donate

Search Limit

Rooms Restriction Values

Search Field

Target Value

Limit Value

Restriction Value

Search For:

Advanced Search

GVPL

Contact Us
Branches & Hours
Get a Library Card
Visiting the Library FAQs
Careers
Borrowing, Renewing & Limits
Programs & Contests
Interlibrary Loan
Suggest a Title
All Digital Collections
Books & Ebooks
Magazines & Newspapers
French & World Languages
Emerging Local Authors Collection
Kits for Adults & Kids
Movies & TV
Audiobooks
Music
Video Games
Scavenger Hunts
Research & Tools
Help Using Digital Content
Service Updates
Donate
Media Releases & Inquiries
Library Board
Library Policies
Reports & Plans
Website Privacy & Terms of Use
2024 Books to Gift
Nellie McClung Branch Closing
Tiny Stories 2024.Final

Select an Action

Place Hold(s)
Add to My Lists
Email
Print

15 Results Found

1 2

000000000000DEFAULT

Select a list

Make this your default list.

The following items were successfully added.

There was an error while adding the following items. Please try again.

One or more items could not be added because you are not logged in.

Dear Yusef : essays, letters, and poems, for and about one Mr. Komunyakaa

Murillo, John, editor.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Books

Call Number

811.54 KOM Y

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:785193

My life : growing up Native in America

Echo Hawk, Crystal, writer of introduction.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Books

Call Number

970.00497 MYL

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:788592

The unboxing of a Black girl

Shanté, Angela, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Books

Call Number

818.609 SHA

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:714884

Relations : an anthology of African and diaspora voices

Brew-Hammond, Nana Ekua, editor.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

820.8 REL

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:680733

The best American poetry 2022

Zapruder, Matthew, 1967- editor.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Books

Call Number

811.608 BES 2022

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:669115

This bridge called my back : writings by radical women of color

Moraga, Cherríe, editor.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Books

Call Number

810.809287 THI

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:790508

Sister outsider

Lorde, Audre, author.

Publication Date

2020

Format:

Books

Call Number

814.54 LOR

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:680685

Earth keeper : reflections on the American land

Momaday, N. Scott, 1934- author.

Publication Date

2020

Format:

Books

Call Number

814 MOM

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:587068

The selected works of Audre Lorde

Lorde, Audre, author.

Publication Date

2020

Format:

Books

Call Number

814 LOR

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:587546

10.

The book of the dead

Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-1980, author.

Publication Date

2018

Format:

Books

Call Number

811.52 RUK

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:461751

11.

Tales of two Americas : stories of inequality in a divided nation

Freeman, John, 1974- editor.

Publication Date

2017

Format:

Books

Call Number

810.80355 TAL

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:447968

12.

The fire this time : a new generation speaks about race

Ward, Jesmyn, editor.

Publication Date

2016

Format:

Books

Call Number

305.896073 FIR

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:521005

Select an Action

Place Hold(s)
Add to My Lists
Email
Print

1 2

Limit Search Results

Narrowed by:

Subject: Poetry.

Branch

Nellie McClung Branch

Oak Bay Branch

sxʷeŋxʷəŋ təŋəxʷ James Bay Branch

Added When

Format

(15)

Age Level

Adult

Fiction - Non-Fiction

Non-fiction

Subject

Essays.

(10)

African American women.

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

Short stories, American.

(2)

Short stories.

(2)

African American construction workers -- West Virginia -- Gauley Bridge -- Poetry.

(1)

African American girls -- Poetry.

(1)

African Americans -- Fiction.

(1)

African Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century.

(1)

African Americans in literature.

(1)

African Americans in popular culture.

(1)

African fiction (English) -- 21st century.

(1)

American literature -- African American authors -- 21st century.

(1)

American literature -- Minority authors.

(1)

American literature -- Women authors.

(1)

American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.

(1)

American poetry -- 20th century.

(1)

American poetry -- 21st century -- History and criticism.

(1)

American poetry -- 21st century.

(1)

American poetry -- African American authors -- History and criticism.

(1)

Anecdotes.

(1)

Autobiographical poetry.

(1)

Black people -- Race identity.

(1)

Construction workers -- West Virginia -- Gauley Bridge -- Poetry.

(1)

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Literary collections.

(1)

Equality -- United States -- Fiction.

(1)

Equality -- United States -- Poetry.

(1)

Equality -- United States.

(1)

Feminism -- Literary collections.

(1)

Feminism.

(1)

Girls, Black -- Poetry.

(1)

Group identity -- United States.

(1)

Hawks Nest Tunnel (W. Va.) -- Poetry.

(1)

Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Folklore.

(1)

Indigenous peoples -- United States -- Social conditions.

(1)

Industrial accidents -- West Virginia -- Gauley Bridge -- Poetry.

(1)

Kiowa literature.

(1)

Komunyakaa, Yusef -- Criticism and interpretation.

(1)

Komunyakaa, Yusef -- Poetry.

(1)

Literature.

(1)

Minority women -- Literary collections.

(1)

National Book Award for Young People's Literature (2024) -- Nominee.

(1)

National characteristics.

(1)

Poetry -- Authorship.

(1)

Poetry -- Collections.

(1)

Poets, American -- 20th century -- Interviews.

(1)

Racism -- United States.

(1)

Radicalism -- Literary collections.

(1)

Rich, Adrienne, 1929-2012 -- Interviews

(1)

Shanté, Angela.

(1)

Short stories, African (English) -- 21st century.

(1)

Social conflict -- United States -- Fiction.

(1)

Social conflict -- United States -- Poetry.

(1)

Social conflict -- United States.

(1)

Social justice -- United States -- Fiction.

(1)

Social justice -- United States -- Poetry.

(1)

Social justice -- United States.

(1)

Social problems -- United States -- Fiction.

(1)

Social problems -- United States -- Poetry.

(1)

Social problems -- United States.

(1)

Speeches.

(1)

Transcendentalism.

(1)

United States -- Ethnic relations -- Fiction.

(1)

United States -- Ethnic relations -- Poetry.

(1)

United States -- Ethnic relations.

(1)

United States -- Race relations -- 21st century.

(1)

United States -- Race relations -- Fiction.

(1)

United States -- Race relations -- Poetry.

(1)

United States -- Race relations.

(1)

Women -- United States -- Literary collections.

(1)

View All

Fewer

Collapse All

Author

Lorde, Audre, author.

(2)

Anzaldúa, Gloria, editor.

(1)

Atkinson, Brooks, 1894-1984, editor.

(1)

Attah, Ayesha Harruna, author.

(1)

Awah, Bahia Mahmud H., author.

(1)

Bond, Mogolodi, author.

(1)

Brew-Hammond, Nana Ekua, editor.

(1)

Browne, Mahogany L., writer of foreword.

(1)

De Villiers, Phillippa Yaa, author.

(1)

Echo Hawk, Crystal, writer of introduction.

(1)

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.

(1)

Freeman, John, 1974- editor.

(1)

Gay, Roxane, editor.

(1)

Glover, Boakyewaa, author.

(1)

Howe, Fanny, author.

(1)

IllumiNative (Organization), editor.

(1)

Lehman, David, 1948- editor.

(1)

Momaday, N. Scott, 1934- author.

(1)

Moore, Catherine Venable, writer of introduction.

(1)

Moraga, Cherríe, editor.

(1)

Murillo, John, editor.

(1)

Oliver, Mary, 1935-2019, author of introduction.

(1)

Rich, Adrienne, 1929-2012.

(1)

Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-1980, author.

(1)

Sealey, Nicole, editor.

(1)

Shanté, Angela, author.

(1)

Uheida, Sarah, author.

(1)

Ward, Jesmyn, editor.

(1)

Zapruder, Matthew, 1967- editor.

(1)

al-Tahaway, Miral, author.

(1)

Language

(15)

Shelf Location

Nonfiction

Material Type

Adult non-fiction book

Teen non-fiction book

Publication Date

(3)

(3)

(2)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

{sortLabel}

	{facetName}	{results}

	{displayName}	{count}
{error}

CONTACT US

735 Broughton St

Victoria, BC, V8W 3H2

250-940-4875

Media Releases & Inquiries

Website Privacy & Terms of Use

Read

Watch/Listen

Discover

Play