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Stubborn Roots

Stubborn Roots

Poems to Grow a Better World (Pre-order, Oct 27 2026)

Shout Mouse Press
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This powerful anthology illuminates today's activist experience through the poetry and essays of our most vital and essential youth.

 

Through compelling poetry, 18 young writers of color plant their resistance in the soil of our uncertain future. They tackle disparities across lines of gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, ableism and fatphobia, immigration and the environment, and more. Their poems are accompanied by portraits of each poet (by cover artist Sobia Ahmad) along with first-person essays on what liberation means to them.

 

Diverse voices and styles shine throughout Stubborn Roots, providing personal and cultural context to ongoing conversations about change in the United States. Tender and green, vulnerable and wondrous, this singular book of poems serves as an urgent call to the transformative power of art and is a must-have for young readers looking to develop their connection to social justice.

 

Foreword by Camonghne Felix, author of Let the Poets Govern.

 

Shout Mouse Press is a Washington, DC-based nonprofit organization that coaches young people (ages 12+) to write and publish diverse and inclusive books. Through writing workshops, publication, and public speaking opportunities, we support youth from underrepresented communities in sharing their stories as published authors and community leaders.

Camonghne Felix is the author of Build Yourself a Boat (Haymarket Books, 2019), which was long-listed for the 2019 National Book Award in Poetry, Dyscalculia (One World, 2023), and Let the Poets Govern, which was published in March of 2026. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Academy of American Poets, Harvard Review, Poetry Magazine, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, and elsewhere.


  • Publisher: Shout Mouse Press, Inc.
  • Publish Date: October 27, 2026
  • Pages: 220
  • Language: English
  • Type: Paperback
  • EAN/UPC: 9781950807901
  • Dimensions: 9.0 X 6.0 X 0.5 inches | 0.7 pounds
  • BISAC: Young Adult Nonfiction / Activism & Social Justice
    Young Adult Nonfiction / Poetry
    Young Adult Nonfiction / Social Topics / Civil & Human Rights
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