i shimmer sometimes, too Joel Erkkinen author of Orange

author of Orange

author of Fugitive Atlas

swallowing the stars

and their witnesses

Generously loaded with commentary on his structure

i shimmer sometimes, too Joel Erkkinen author of OrangePorsha 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