favorites + musts

~ sources of my spiritual, physical, and intellectual nourishment ~

Books

POETRY
Anne Carson * Autobiography of Red, Red Doc>
Aricka Foreman * Dream with a Glass Chamber
Cedric Tillman * Lilies in the Valley
Claudia Rankine * Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric, Citizen
Cornelius Eady * Brutal Imagination
Danez Smith * Don't Call Us Dead
Jackie Wang * The Twitter Hive Mind Is Dreaming
June Jordan * Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems
Ntozake Shange * For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Rachelle Escamilla * Imaginary Animal
Sonia Sanchez * Shake Loose My Skin
Terrance Hayes * Who Are the Tribes
Toni Morrison * "Plate" (from Five Poems, Kara Walker)

NOVELLAS + SHORT READS

[What are you reading? Here's my poetry to-read list.]

HEALTH + SPIRITUAL WELLNESS
Meditation/Buddhist practice
Hiking/being in nature
Aroma-infused salt baths
Yoga
Making music
Painting/collaging

LIQUID PLEASURES
Giant coffee with almond milk
No-foam soy (or almond) milk latte
Vino: red blend or pinot noir
Boba tea

CHERISHED WHIMSIES
Back-floating under moonlight
Playing with pets

Coming soon ...