She Lives Here

Kristina Hamletts debut collection of poetry and prose She Lives Here moves toward a jubilant celebration of womanhood Blackness strength and finding your own kind of joy. Rewriting the narrative of ones life is not always easy especially when faced with racism sexism and religious dogmatism but as she moves as a young girl from a Haitian community in Queens to Virginia Kristina throws out the rules that try to dictate her life story and rewrites her narrative. Each section of this collection is juicy and lush with memory ancestry mangoes avocados dance and love.