Or, on Being the Other Woman Birthdays Ascension may be nothing new

Ascension may be nothing new to Xie Lian

Human rights lawyer Marcus McCann uses park cruising as a point of departure for discussions of consent

In an elite English boarding school where the girls kiss the marble statue of the famous dead author who used to walk the halls

and nurture relationships with those who have achieved success

Or, on Being the Other Woman Birthdays Ascension may be nothing newIn or, on being the other woman, Simone White considers the dynamics of contemporary black feminist life. Throughout this book length poem, White writes through a hybrid of poetry, essay, personal narrative, and critical theory, attesting to the narrative complexities of writing and living as a black woman and artist. She considers black social life from art and motherhood to trap music and love as unspeakably troubling and reflects on the degree to