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I Shimmer Sometimes, Too

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These poems dip their hands into the fabric of black womanhood and revel in it. establishes Olayiwola firmly in the lineage of black queer poetics, celebrating the work done by generations of poets from Audre Lorde to Danez Smith. This …

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These poems dip their hands into the fabric of black womanhood and revel in it. establishes Olayiwola firmly in the lineage of black queer poetics, celebrating the work done by generations of poets from Audre Lorde to Danez Smith. This is a book of gentle breaking and inventive reconstruction. A book of self and community-care―the pursuit of building a world that will not only keep you alive but keep you joyful.

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