The Art of Naming My Pain 2nd Edition

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Art of Naming My Pain 2nd Edition</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> features a new preface by artist and poet Kellie Richardson as well as new artwork on the interior and exterior of the book. These new components root us in a deeper understanding and witnessing of Richardson's lived experiences.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In an era of highly curated personas and unrealistic self-expectation Richardson offers readers a stunningly honest account of her struggles with identity relationships mental health and self-love. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Art of Naming My Pain 2nd Edition</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> collects Richardson's poetry essays and art as she navigates what it is for a Black queer broken women to seek joy in a world that says she doesn't deserve it.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This book is an unfolding of her journey bearing witness to the possibility of life after self-loathing. Richardson's voice is refreshingly candid in this sophomore collection shedding light on issues we all face though few have the courage to own in the public sphere.</span></p><p></p>