Allow Me to Introduce Myself: Poems About Names

In an anthology debuting the vibrant collage work of Zharia Shinn, poet Georgia Heard gathers diverse voices around a timeless question: What’s in a name?

Crackling with energy, brimming with heart, and paired with graphic collage illustrations that explode off the page, twenty-nine poems by an array of acclaimed poets—including Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Margarita Engle, Joseph Bruchac, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Charles R. Smith Jr.—explore the intimacy, complexity, and generational power of names ...