Incandescent (English Edition)

Incandescent (English Edition)

This fiery book of poetry, so lovingly crafted, is red-hot in its urgency. It cries out for justice, freedom, and the right to exist and thrive.

“I am overwhelmed by the pervasive African love expressed in this collection, but even more so by her profound recognition of Ancestor worship and their essential connection to our existence in the now and in the future. These poems, as she acknowledges, are not of her voice but of the ancestors speaking of our duty to them that we cannot escape. … A continuation of her eternal moan and praise to ancestors, asking, pleading, praying. She is the new truth of the old truth. She is tribal history and eternity.”

-Marvin X

author of How to Recover from the Addiction to White Supremacy, and The Wisdom of Plato Negro: A Hustler’s Guide to the Game Called Life

“Ayodele is a profoundly gifted artist whose creations take on many forms - from community building to directing to writing and educating (and much more!). She has gravitas and grace and has amassed quite a local following. It is her command of words, and poetry mixed with her unique perspective that makes her work stirring, beautiful and poignant.”

-Amanda Bornstein

co-founder of The Flight Deck Art Gallery and Theater

“This is the essence of poetry: a recalcitrant and unapologetic collection of verse. The words and meter flow through the pages. To hear the artist herself or to indulge one's imagination alone, the work identifies beauty and injustice and tries to create a place for itself amidst the successes and failures of our sorely imperfect humanity.”

-Zack Dye

author of 21st Century Coastal American Verses

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