Gumbo Ya Ya Material:Paperback Browne’s evocative book-length poem explores

Browne’s evocative book-length poem explores the impacts of the prison system on both the incarcerated and the loved ones left behind

Poetic and profoundly feminist

Daniel continually fuels his passion for illustration with that and his love of everything folklore

trying to achieve a freedom not meant for him

Weaving together multiple strands and generations of this family

Gumbo Ya Ya Material:Paperback Browne’s evocative book-length poem exploresWinner of the 2020 Cave Canem Prize Gumbo Ya Ya, Aurielle Maries stunning debut, is a cauldron of hearty poems exploring race, gender, desire, and violence in the lives of Black gxrls, soaring against the backdrop of a contemporary South. These poems are loud, risky, and unapologetically rooted in the glory of Black gxrlhood. The collection opens with a heartrending indictment of injustice. What follows is a striking reimagination of the world, one