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#SavvySettings Day 23: One is in #Prison when one has a captor. 💕 Kinokuniya Dubai clearance book haul. 📚📚📚

“I tell him my gods had to stay behind
To watch my people / He likes it when I talk like that”

Wow. I loved this collection. I particularly enjoyed parts 1 & 4. The language and cadence are challenging and I think that was the point. This is part of the titular poem, and it‘s a good representation of the language, themes, and storytelling McCrae employs.

#poetrychallenge2018
#readingblackout

Came home to this beauty 😍😍 It‘s my February pick for the #poetrychallenge2018

#ReadingBlackout

Another great poetry collection from the National Book Award short list. The author uses carefully chosen language to help the reader see through the eyes of African-Americans and relate their experiences with white America. In one, we see through the eyes of a boy held as an exhibit in a zoo, in another an actor, etc. These are both heartbreaking and illuminating. 4⭐️

My idea of a perfect afternoon. 💕💕 Having a #bookandcoffee break. Hoping to finish this one up today.

#bookmail New in! This is another on the National Book Award short list for poetry.

Stark but poignant poetry collection that explores the intersection of racism, captivity, & love. Told from the perspectives of those throughout history who have been held captive in some way, from an African boy held in a zoo to Jefferson Davis's adopted biracial son. McCrae captures the mentality of those held captive by colonialism & society, the struggle they face to relate to their captors & the world around them, & the meaning of freedom.