Incandescent by Ayodele Nzinga
This powerful collection by Oakland’s inaugural poet laureate is available now in hardcover, trade paperback, and for Kindle!
From the forward by K.M. Smith: “Incandescent, the brilliance of expression that Ayodele Nzinga has so lovingly crafted, is red hot in its urgency. It moves subtly, it shifts and crescendos and somersaults across time and space, through light and darkness, joy and pain. This fiery book of poetry comes at you quickly. Questions abound and answers permeate about justice and freedom and existence.”
“I am overwhelmed by the pervasive African love expressed in this collection, but even more so by her profound recognition of Ancestor worship and their essential connection to our existence in the now and in the future. … A continuation of her eternal moan and praise to ancestors, asking, pleading, praying.”
-Marvin X
author of How to Recover from the Addiction to White Supremacy
“Ayodele is a profoundly gifted artist whose creations take on many forms - from community building to directing to writing and educating. ... stirring, beautiful and poignant.”
-Amanda Bornstein
co-founder of The Flight Deck Art Gallery and Theater
“This is the essence of poetry: a recalcitrant and unapologetic collection of verse. The words and meter flow through the pages.”
-Zack Dye
author of 21st Century Coastal American Verses