April is National Poetry Month! We'll be celebrating all month long by sharing videos of us reading some of our favorite poems.

As Emily Dickinson says, "If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry." So stay tuned for videos of us reading poetry that blows our heads off!

You can watch all of our poetry videos on our Instagram (@dieselbookstore & @dieseldelmar) or on our DIESEL Video webpage.

John reads “Under a Soprano Sky” from Collected Poems by Sonia Sanchez.

International Women Who Inspire Us

Alex recommends Recollections of My Non-Existence & Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit

To see all of our videos for International Women's Day, click here.

Thatcher recommends A Burning by Megha Majumbar & Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Caleb recommends The Storm Before the Storm by Mike Duncan & Tiny Love Stories edited by Daniel Jones and Miya Lee

Debra recommends Sula by Toni Morrison & The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

Freddy recommends Invisble Ink by Patrick Modiano & Essential Bukowski: Poetry by Charles Bukowski