i shimmer sometimes, too 48 author of Blood Dazzler

author of Blood Dazzler

such as: 'Make no mistake: this is not/a story about fear

You will be rapt from start to finish

and Casper Pham‘s stunning visual art

Camacho’s entrancing storytelling and rich language are hypnotic–refusing to let the reader look away

i shimmer sometimes, too 48 author of Blood DazzlerPorsha Olayiwola, 2019. These poems dip their hands into the fabric of black womanhood and revel in it. Shimmer 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 carethe pursuit of building a world that will not only keep you alive but keep you joyful. Praise