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Working the Roots

By Amanda Bennett

Working the Roots Poetry

Working the Roots

By Amanda Bennett

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When I think of the kind of writing that really moves me, I think of the elements present in Bennett's poetry: honesty about Black women's interior lives, clarity (because we don't have time to talk around a thing), and a mean metaphor. Amanda Bennett has written a poetry collection squarely rooted in the legacy of Black feminists like Audre Lorde, Lucille Clifton, and June Jordan: this is my favorite kind of poetry. The feeling present in these poems welcomes you in to experience the world as the writer does, where "black is a place we carry" and "difficult women are like dynamite." Working the Roots is a book everyone should read, if for no other reason than we all need a little vulnerability to survive this world, and each other. -Ariana Brown, author of We Are Owed.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
30
Release Date:
2025-07-11
Publication Date:
2025-07-11
Publisher:
Querencia Press, LLC
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN13:
9798349337321
Weight:
61 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
2 cm
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