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	Ours 3.81 avg rating — 712 ratings — published 2024 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thief in the Interior 4.24 avg rating — 245 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mutiny 4.23 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Another Last Call: Poems on Addiction and Deliverance by Kaveh Akbar (editor), Joy Harjo (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Bernardo Wade (Contributor) 4.39 avg rating — 76 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prime: Poetry & Conversation by L. Lamar Wilson, Rickey Laurentiis, Darrel Alejandro Holnes 3.63 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frequencies, Volume 1 by Bob Hicok, Molly Gaudry (Goodreads Author), Phillip B. Williams (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kenyon Review, Mar/Apr 2021: Volume 43, Number 2 by Kenyon Review, Rita Dove, Kevin Young 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Bennington Review - Issue 3: Threat (Summer 2017) by Michael Dumanis (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Emily Brown (Contributor), Anais Duplan (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing

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Fearful Beloved

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Quotes by Phillip B. Williams (?)

“When the house braced itself against the weather outside, the ceiling sang as though the cold air entering the room had entered a lung and shocked it into troublesome life.”
― Phillip B. Williams, Ours

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“…while stars poked holes in the sky’s dark argument, until the sun, engorged with the force of spring’s slow approach, annihilated all difference.”
― Phillip B. Williams, Ours

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“No right way to be free. That's why it's called free. You make all the right and wrong with it as you want. Just be mindful how much of each.”
― Phillip B. Williams, Ours

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How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

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The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel by ReShonda Tate

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Song Yet Sung by James McBride

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Wild Women and the Blues by Denny S. Bryce

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Ours by Phillip B. Williams

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“give your daughters difficult names. give your daughters names that command the full use of tongue. my name makes you want to tell me the truth. my name doesn’t allow me to trust anyone that cannot pronounce it right.”
― Warsan Shire

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