Content Warning: Everything Short Stories in the kitchen

in the kitchen

brown lives—don’t matter

Liar’s Bench is a story of first love

the beloved speaker

Dana is drawn back repeatedly through time to the slave quarters

Content Warning: Everything Short Stories in the kitchenThe first book of poems from an acclaimed young author, whose meteoric rise has already landed them on the cover of Time Magazine. In their bold debut poetry collection, Akwaeke Emeziaward winning author of Freshwater, PET, The Death of Vivek Oji,and Dear Senthuranimagines a new depth of belonging. Crafted of both divine and earthly materials, these poems travel from home to homesickness, tracing desire to surrender and abuse to survival, while