In their bold debut poetry collection, Akwaeke Emezi—award-winning author of
Freshwater,
PET,
The Death of Vivek Oji, and
Dear Senthuran—imagines 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 mapping out a chosen family that includes the son of god, mary auntie, and magdalene with the chestnut eyes. Written from a spiritfirst perspective and celebrating the essence of self that is impossible to drown, kill, or reduce,
Content Warning: Everything distills the radiant power and epic grief of a mischievous and wanting young deity, embodied.
