Anthology | 328 Pages | 5.8" x 8.2" | $30.00
Publish date: June 19, 2023 The beautiful cover art, “Shared Knowledge” by Charles Bibbs,
frames the anthology These Black Bodies Are… This collection provides snapshots of the human condition in melanated skin and kinky hair from established and emerging writers and artists in the Inland Empire and Los Angeles area, reaching throughout the diaspora. It is an exploration of eight movements: hopeful, mindful (mental health), mystical, enlightened (education), bodacious, bearing witness, eclectic, and transforming (transitioning). These Black Bodies Are… is a reminder that we can, at any stage and age, liberate and empower. |
Poetry | 65 pages | 6.5"x 6.5" | $7.99
Nominated for a Pushcart Prize Longlisted for the Perennial Chapbook Award Purgatory Has An Address is an ode to the poetry of place and how this poetry weaves itself into the heart of the people who are both inhabitants and the place itself. Centered in the poetry of place is the way that one can simultaneously create, be created and perish with the utterance of a single word. Throughout Romaine Washington’s beautiful chapbook is the tension between becoming and unbecoming in the homes and hands of those around the speakers. To create the self becomes a soft balance between what is known about the past, what is unknown and the power to piece together our own stories...
--Allyson Jeffredo, author of Songs After Memory Fractures. |
Poetry | 51 Pages | 5.5" x 8.5" | $15.00
Washington’s book of poetry zeros in on the unique challenges women face in our modern world, and does it with unwavering strength.
- Brit Middelton, BET Editor [Like] Lucille Clifton... Romaine's lyrical voice unmasks the hard truths of our human condition, particularly the oppression of women, through her unique use of diction, syntax, and extraordinary imagery, which engages the intellect and speaks to the soul of her readers.
- Dr. Catherine Humphrey, IAWP UCR Fellow |