Even the Saints Audition eBooks

Even the Saints Audition eBooksRaych Jackson, 2019. In Even the Saints Audition Raych Jackson Reconditions her body and reclaims her church. This empowering book of poems interrogates the relationship between blackness, shame, and what it is to live a life tied to the church. Rich with historical context and a deeply engaging personal narrative. This body of work is bursting with charm, wit, and pride, as it dances on the thin line between saint and sinner. Includes poems such as A

despite so much of a life’s architecture staying the same

Galicia speaks to unsung lineages and the violences found before

-Carrie Fountain

out of her womanhood

my favorite might be their use of anecdotes as a sort of beckoning

animal and human

Never Catch Me belongs in the throat of every megaphone

Freeman's relationships to lovers and family

stay true to hair bands

author of If My Body Could Speak

intelligence and ardor fuse in an intensity both incandescent and compelling

author of Divine