Urbanshee Andrea Gibson trying to make sense of

trying to make sense of it all

can the body deconstruct its own inheritance

Is there room to bloom or does the harvest only come in the afterlife

Noor Hindi

instead we are imperfect forges capable of creating lives and legacies

Urbanshee Andrea Gibson trying to make sense ofSiaara Freeman, 2022 Urbanshee is Siaara Freeman's retelling of fairy tales and mythological stories through a modern and urban lens. This collection discusses the weight of being Black in America, Freeman's relationships to lovers and family, and how the physical place you grew up can become part of your identity. Urbanshee expertly combines humor, fantasy, and raw emotion to create this astonishing reinvention of classic fables. Freeman's poems are