Crying in LA

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Crying in LA: Sapphic Longing in Tongues and Tears</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is an emboldened Afrocentric collection of poetry that explores Black sapphic love uncertainty and loss through metaphors of shifting. From warm affections (</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Sunny Skies</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>) to the weight of uncertainty (</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Partly Cloudy</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>) the introspection of almost-loves (</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Chance of Rain</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>) to the cleansing mourning of heartbreak (</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Showers</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>) each poem pulses with radical tenderness. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A pouring of cultural memory sensuality and the blues of Black queer existence this assembly is both celebration and confession-where tongues speak across waters. </span></p><p></p>