Higher Education Books for World Poetry Month

By Liza Riitters | March 12 2026 | AdultEducationHigher Education

April is World Poetry Month! To celebrate, we’ve curated a collection of new and bestselling poetry titles that are all perfect for higher education courses and discussion. This collection features Spring 2026 titles from poets including Julia Alvarez, Camonghne Felix, and Amit Majmudar, among others, as well as bestselling classics from poets like Homer, Mary Oliver, and Rumi.

Find the complete collection of new and bestselling poetry here!

Visitations
Visitations
Julia Alvarez
9780593805039
Julia Alvarez returns to her first love, poetry, in her latest collection, with scintillating poems drawn from all the seasons of her life, from childhood to the years of silver. “Visitations is a cause for celebration. The first book of poems by Julia Alvarez in over twenty years braids miracles and mourning, infused with the compassion that characterizes all the work of this resplendent writer.” —Martín Espada, National Book Award-winning author of Jailbreak of Sparrows
$27.00 US
Apr 07, 2026
Hardcover
112 Pages
Knopf
US, Canada, Open Mkt
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Let the Poets Govern
Let the Poets Govern
Camonghne Felix
9780593242148
In this part-memoir, part-manifesto, an acclaimed poet interprets Black radical literary traditions to reimagine freedom through refusal.
$26.00 US
Mar 03, 2026
Hardcover
192 Pages
One World
US, Canada, Open Mkt
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Things My Grandmother Said
Things My Grandmother Said
Amit Majmudar
9780593803165
A gorgeous collection of poems inspired by the strong women in award-winning poet Amit Majmudar’s life, celebrating the influence, energy, and nurturing language that have fueled his journey as person and poet
$29.00 US
Apr 14, 2026
Hardcover
112 Pages
Knopf
World
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The Weary Blues; Not Without Laughter; The Ways of White Folks
The Weary Blues; Not Without Laughter; The Ways of White Folks
Langston Hughes
9798217007769
A major hardcover compendium of poetry and fiction by the legendary Black American poet of the Harlem Renaissance
$35.00 US
Jan 13, 2026
Hardcover
600 Pages
Everyman's Library
US, Canada, Open Mkt
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Forest of Noise
Forest of Noise
Mosab Abu Toha
9780593803974
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • "A powerful, capacious, and profound" (Ocean Vuong) new collection of poems about life in Gaza by an acclaimed Palestinian poet and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer
$22.00 US
Oct 15, 2024
Hardcover
96 Pages
Knopf
US, Canada, Open Mkt
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Devotions: A Read with Jenna Pick
Devotions: A Read with Jenna Pick
Mary Oliver
9780399563263
"It's as if the poet herself has sidled beside the reader and pointed us to the poems she considers most worthy of deep consideration." --Chicago TribunePulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver's personal selection of her best work, in this definitive collection spanning more than five decades of her esteemed literary career
$20.00 US
Nov 10, 2020
Paperback
480 Pages
Penguin Books
US, Canada, Open Mkt
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Gold
Gold
Rumi
9781681375335
A vibrant selection of poems by the great Persian mystic with groundbreaking translations by an American poet of Persian descent.
$15.95 US
Mar 08, 2022
Paperback
112 Pages
NYRB Classics
World
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