Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me Child " The way she has

" The way she has been seen--or not seen--has informed her lens on the world her entire life

and a mythic tale of metamorphic recalibrations across time

driven by a wild heart

getting messy

and the search for a new way of seeing and being seen

Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me Child " The way she hasA "dramatic [and] ingeniously crafted" (Los Angeles Times) memoir of family, community, and resilience, and an ode to the power of books to help us understand ourselves, from the renowned founder of Well Read Black Girl. "A beautiful portrait of a full life that has been buoyed by an expansive and ever growing love for words and for language." Hanif Abdurraqib, author of There's Always This Year AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "She is a friend of my