i shimmer sometimes, too Joel Erkkinen — Rudy Francisco

— Rudy Francisco

An Anthology of Poems Powered By Metaphor Dice

a guide to finding ourselves in what we lose

and their witnesses

Generously loaded with commentary on his structure

i shimmer sometimes, too Joel Erkkinen — Rudy FranciscoPorsha 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