The span of a small forever : poems /

With echoes of Audre Lorde's The Cancer Journals and Susan Sontag's Illness as Metaphor, an extraordinary debut collection from a prize-winning poet that chronicles a Black woman's journey through disability, the byzantine healthcare system, life-giving, taking and sacrifice. With bre...

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Main Author: Gibson, April (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers [2024].
Edition:First edition.
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