[dee-kuhn-struhk-shuhn] of an Anomaly (Hardcover)

It was African American essayist James Baldwin who once famously opined that The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him. Bermuda-born Atlanta-based performance artist thespian director and poet Tamicka Johnson takes Baldwin s words to heart in her first book of poetry the creatively titled [dee-kuhn-struhk-shuhn]of an Anomaly. Subject-wise Johnson casts her net wide. Her musings illuminate the many challenges associated with how every one of us must at some point in our sojourn through this life grapple with the niggling universals of love spirituality passion sex disappointment failure and success with a raw honesty and lyrical dexterity that is often as deeply painful as it is profoundly insightful. Colwyn Burchall Jr.