Porsha Olayiwola’s debut poetry collection soars with the power
and presence of live performance.
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.
Each poem is a
gentle breaking and an inventive reconstruction. This is a book of
self and community-care―in pursuit of building a world that will
not only keep you alive but will keep you joyful.