RaveThe RumpusKhalisa Rae has written a haunting and holy gospel. At once a book of genesis and revelation ... In a voice heavy with condemnation and verses slick with hood vernacular and wit, Rae unveils and shades America’s specter—the one spooking Black girls of all ages into silence while claiming its bootstrap dream is accessible to all ... Rae’s collection is a spiritual journey replete with trauma, pain, exaltation, transcendence ... A blueprint for how we can bobby pin pick off the handcuffs, free our larynxes and limbs from America’s ghosts, and deliver ourselves into a wild we call our own.
