THE BEAUTIFUL: Poets Reimagine a Nation. THE BEAUTIFUL features the nation's' foremost poets and revolutionizes our ideas of beauty and belonging.

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Invite beauty in!

In the chaos of a constantly shifting world, we can turn to the poets. They invite us to re-envision beauty and challenge conventional ideals.  They ask us to co-create just and equitable communities. And they show us how. This multicultural, multi-generational anthology redefines beauty in order to sustain and protect it.

In THE BEAUTIFUL, truth-telling, mentorship, activism, art-making, and sustainability practices inspire communal responsibility and help us reimagine beauty in surprising ways.

THE BEAUTIFUL contributors include:

Introduction Juan Felipe Herrera

Editor’s Note Dana Teen Lomax

Sāmoa ‘i Sasa’e/American Samoa

Dan Taulapapa McMullin

Guåhan/Guam Evelyn San Miguel Flores

Northern Mariana Islands

Joey “Pepe Batbon” Connolly

Puerto Rico Julio César Pol

U.S. Virgin Islands Tiphanie Yanique

Alabama Jacqueline Allen Trimble

Alaska X’unei Lance Twitchell

Arizona Felicia Zamora

Arkansas Dana Teen Lomax

California Jaime Cortez

Colorado Jovan Mays

Connecticut Rayon Lennon

Delaware Gemelle John

Florida Nicole Brodsky

Georgia Jericho Brown

Hawai‘i No‘u Revilla

Idaho Janet Holmes

Illinois Sarah Rosenthal

Indiana Marianne Boruch

Iowa Akwi Nji

Kansas Megan Kaminski

Kentucky Kristen Renee Miller

Louisiana Megan Burns

Maine Stuart Kestenbaum

Maryland Linda Pastan

Massachusetts Eileen Myles

Michigan Rob Halpern

Minnesota 신 선 영 Sun Yung Shin

Mississippi E. Ethelbert Miller

Missouri Dorothea Lasky

Montana Prageeta Sharma

Nebraska Matt Mason

Nevada Vogue Robinson

New Hampshire Kate Greenstreet

New Jersey Cortney Lamar Charleston

New Mexico Arthur Sze

New York Jennifer Firestone

North Carolina Dorianne Laux

North Dakota Denise K. Lajimodiere

Ohio Amit Majmudar

Oklahoma Joy Harjo

Oregon Douglas Manuel

Pennsylvania Raquel Salas Rivera

Rhode Island Sawako Nakayasu

South Carolina Marcus Amaker

South Dakota Lee Ann Roripaugh

Tennessee Ama Codjoe

Texas Ching-In Chen

Utah Craig Dworkin

Vermont Camille Guthrie

Virginia giovanni singleton

Washington Sally and Sam Green

Washington, D.C. Sarah Anne Cox

West Virginia Marc Harshman

Wisconsin Oliver Baez Bendorf

Wyoming David Romtvedt

Cover Art by Amber Robles-Gordon

Book Design by Roberta Morris

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