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they end as part of a lineage: one both of grief & glory

Bubble Gum Stadium grips the reader with its immersive recollections and starkly beautiful language

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Born in a Second Language investigates how translation shapes and alters both language and identity as speakers travel through space and time

- Patricia Smith

Bubble Gum Stadium Porsha Olayiwola they end as part ofA home is made by the memories it holds, and in Bubble Gum Stadium, Jalen Eutsey makes us his house guests. Flush with the rich colors of South Florida, these poems immerse you in a history of a place and its people. Bubble Gum Stadium grips the reader with its immersive recollections and starkly beautiful language. Were given a scrapbook black community and coming of age, so lovingly rendered in the backdrop of West Perrine. Memory offered as a gift,