i shimmer sometimes, too Joel Erkkinen author of Fugitive Atlas

author of Fugitive Atlas

and their witnesses

a guide to finding ourselves in what we lose

swallowing the stars

An Anthology of Poems Powered By Metaphor Dice

i shimmer sometimes, too Joel Erkkinen author of Fugitive AtlasPorsha 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