i shimmer sometimes, too 48 we are able to hold

we are able to hold onto life

Ain’t Never Not Been Black is personal

Camacho’s entrancing storytelling and rich language are hypnotic–refusing to let the reader look away

You will be rapt from start to finish

author of Blood Dazzler

i shimmer sometimes, too 48 we are able to holdPorsha 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