Description: Finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry Recipient of the 2020 Frost Medal for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in Poetry BCALA Honor Book for Best Poetry Award 2020
Review Quotes: This retrospective volume unflinchingly explores the author's complex experiences as a light-skinned black woman in America. . . . Derricotte's attention lingers on places of struggle where life is at its most vibrant, urgent, and surprising.-- "Publisher's Weekly Starred Review"