Gumbo Ya Ya Material:Paperback From one of the country’s

From one of the country’s most visionary legal thinkers

Weaving together multiple strands and generations of this family

Shake Loose My Skin is a stunning testament to the literary

trying to achieve a freedom not meant for him

Chioma must embrace her heritage in order to survive

Gumbo Ya Ya Material:Paperback From one of the country’sWinner of the 2020 Cave Canem Prize Gumbo Ya Ya, Aurielle Maries stunning debut, is a cauldron of hearty poems exploring race, gender, desire, and violence in the lives of Black gxrls, soaring against the backdrop of a contemporary South. These poems are loud, risky, and unapologetically rooted in the glory of Black gxrlhood. The collection opens with a heartrending indictment of injustice. What follows is a striking reimagination of the world, one