Selected Poems (Penguin) by Linton Kwesi Johnson is a new, expanded edition of an essential text, offering a four-decade survey of the groundbreaking work of the Jamaica-born, Britain-based poet. Early classics like the timeless “Inglan Is a Bitch” rub shoulders with new work from the past decade, while an introduction by journalist Gary Younge explains how LKJ’s “electrifying fusion of oral verse, Jamaican speech, radical politics, and reggae rhythms” has influenced poets, musicians, and activists since the 1970s.