_I SHIMMER SOMETIMES, TOO _(Button POETRY)PORSHA OLAYIWOLA is from
the future! Black, poet, queer-dyke, hip-hop feminist, womanist:
Porsha is a native of Chicago who now resides in Boston. Olayiwola is
a writer, performer, educator and curator who uses afro-futurism and
surrealism to examine historical and current issues in the Black,
woman, and queer diasporas. She is an Individual World Poetry Slam
Champion and the artistic director at MassLEAP, a literary youth
organization. Olayiwola is an MFA Candidate at Emerson College and is
the current poet laureate for the city of Boston.
Her debut poetry collection soars with the power and presence of live
performance. These poems dip their hands deep into the fabric of black
womanhood, pulling out all of its threads. This book establishes
Porsha O firmly in the lineage of black queer poetics, pulling equally
from Audre Lorde and Danez Smith. This is a book of gentle breaking
and inventive reconstruction. This is a book of self-care, and
community-care--the pursuit of building a world that will keep you
alive.
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