Baaith-Ducharme, Nimalah

Overview "This collection, meant to be read as a spellbook, confronts generational curses: a term that acknowledges behaviors, traumas, and magic are passed down through family structures. Specifically, how one's place in the greater collective of the African diaspora, a site of constant migration and discussion, prompts questions about one's knowledge of personal history and its implications on the future. The author is formally concerned with the line, the expansion of the traditional lyric tercet...