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[REVIEW] Crossfire, by StaceyAnn Chin

(Buy this book here.) Read time: about 3 minutes Back in the day, I used to attend poetry performances almost as often as church. (And I went to church a lot!) Unsurprisingly, I was especially drawn to the words of other Black women, and while like most people I’m made up of a million differentContinue reading “[REVIEW] Crossfire, by StaceyAnn Chin”

[REVIEW] The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni, by Nikki Giovanni

The Kindle cover of The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni, depicting a black and white line drawing of a book, rests on a squishy yellow cushion

(This should be on your bookshelf if it isn’t already. Find it here.) we all start/as a speck/nobody notices us/but some may hope/we’re there When I was small, I stumbled upon a poem that made me feel like I was 10 feet tall. It gave me pride in my African ancestors, pride in being BlackContinue reading “[REVIEW] The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni, by Nikki Giovanni”