New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Boxset (SITA), ed. Kwame Dawes & Chris Abani
a boxset of ten powerful chapbooks
Tag: gender
The Pumpkin Eater by Penelope Mortimer
powerful novel that should be better known
The Sign of the Cross by Colm Tóibín
a book almost squarely aimed at me
My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
great playful (tho violent!) contemporary Nigerian novel
Testosterone Rex by Cordelia Fine
who is this for?
Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black by Cookie Mueller
some really gorgeous prose
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
gorgeous prose, important content
There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé by Morgan Parker
v good poems tho a v poor blog post
The Fat Black Woman’s Poems by Grace Nichols
finally some really bloody good poems
