Incandescent - by Ayodele Nzinga (Hardcover)

About the Book

This fiery book of poetry by the first poet laureate of Oakland, California, is red-hot in its urgency. It cries out for justice, freedom, and the right to exist and thrive.

Book Synopsis

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."



Review Quotes

"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