i shimmer sometimes, too Joel Erkkinen swallowing the stars

swallowing the stars

A perfect gift for both the emerging poets and activists in your life

and their witnesses

the four fundamental forces of the universe were one—a single force encompassing all possible energies

a guide to finding ourselves in what we lose

i shimmer sometimes, too Joel Erkkinen swallowing the starsPorsha 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