Plantains and Our Becoming: Poems True Branch gives us a crucial

Branch gives us a crucial part of our history and heritage

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ancient rhetoric and the chreiai (aphorisms)

Her own spiritual journey brings a fresh

A sweeping

Plantains and Our Becoming: Poems True Branch gives us a crucialA rousing, beautifully observed, and tender hearted debut poetry collection about identity, culture, home, and belongingfor fans of Jasmine Mans and Fatimah Asghar We, children of pltanos, always gotta learn to play in everyone elses backyard and somehow feel at home. Poet and musician Melania Luisa Marte opens PLAINTAINS AND OUR BECOMING by pointing out that Afro Latina is not a word recognized by the dictionary. But the dictionary is far from a