BuzzFeed's Saeed Jones Picks 6 Books for LGBT Readers

Rickey Laurentiis’s poetry collection won the 2014 Cave Canem Poetry Prize for its “ardent grace” and its “fearless sensitivity,” according to judge Terrance Hayes, who called it “an extraordinary, and ultimately, irreducible debut.” The book’s retelling of American history is filled with sexuality as well as the pain inflicted by racism throughout time, showing readers how some ghosts continue to haunt this country. Find out more here.