There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce by Morgan Parker

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There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce by Morgan ParkerA TIME Magazine Best Paperback of 2017 One of Oprah Magazines Ten Best Books of 2017 This singular poetry collection is a dynamic meditation on the experience of, and societal narratives surrounding, contemporary black womanhood. . . . These exquisite poems defy categorization. The New Yorker The only thing more beautiful than Beyonc is God, and God is a black woman sipping ros and drawing a lavender bath, texting her mom, belly laughing in the

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’ Navigating sexuality

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' this stunning collection of poems manages to get at what is most necessary when trying

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to come to terms with many things: her mental health

in each of these

I’m astonished by breath and lasting at all