i shimmer sometimes, too Joel Erkkinen a guide to finding ourselves

a guide to finding ourselves in what we lose

author of Fugitive Atlas

Generously loaded with commentary on his structure

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i shimmer sometimes, too Joel Erkkinen a guide to finding ourselvesPorsha 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