Grown-Up Elementary

Cece Jordan writes of this collection: D' mani's poetry is Black, queer, and hood af. A reminder Black children are always adults. They pull from the intersectional spirit realm to create a work that brings classroom side chatter, unshared struggles and recurring nightmares to life. Like lunchroom trauma stories told over uncontrollable laughter these poems are dead serious and playfully humorous. Far more relevant than any lesson in a traditional classroom. D' mani's work is a textbook on surviving in the intersections of Blackness, queerness in a community that stay being colonized. An anthem, a eulogy and roast session. D' mani is the griot we need right now.