Quiet: Poems Material:Hardcover I’m not a girl

I’m not a girl

in the aftermath of the cathedral’s near destruction

Kevin Beasley

But William hails from one of DC’s elite wealthy Black families

Quiet: Poems Material:Hardcover I’m not a girlA black British poet making her thrilling American debut explores the importance of quiet in producing forms of community, resistance, and love. How does one encounter meaning amid so many kinds of noise? What is quiet when it isnt silence? Where does quiet existand what liberating potential might it hold? These poems dwell on ideas of black interiority, intimacy, and selfhood, and they celebrate as fiercely as they mourn. With a metaphysical edge and