And God said...Let There Be Dykes

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And God Said Let There Be Dykes is a thunderclap of queer resilience-part scripture part love letter part battle cry.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In this bold collection the sacred and the sapphic intertwine as Black queer poet Essie reimagines divinity through the lens of dykes studs femmes and gender-expansive holiness. Each poem is a reclamation-a gospel of flesh freedom softness and survival. From kitchen tables to church pews from the first heartbreak to the first hallelujah in a lover's arms these verses carry the reader through the grief and glory of queer becoming.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>With lyrical fire and unapologetic tenderness this book asks: What if God is not watching us but walking with us donning a pride flag? What if we are the creation and the creator all at once?</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This is not just a book of poems-it's a sanctuary.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Come as you are. There's holy water in the sweat in the tears in the kiss.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And God said Let There Be Dykes-and it was good.</span></p><p></p>