What My Hand Say, Glenis Redmond
What My Hand Say, Glenis Redmond
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What My Hand Say

Author: Glenis Redmond

Narrator: Andia Winslow

Unabridged: 4 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Press 53

Published: 07/22/2020


Synopsis

What My Hand Say, on one hand is a bold unapologetic tribute of black people living their lives
in South Carolina. While on other hand, it is a palpable reckoning with the state’s weighted
history. In this book, Glenis Redmond’s poems span from the 1800s to the present. The impact
of going from poem to poem purposely causes emotional whiplash, as if to say welcome to the
volatile place, in which “I/we have always had to live.”

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cate

I met Glenis in 2019 during a summer leadership program at Furman. She conducted a poetry workshop and spoken word session for our group and wrote a poem about our time together. That experience moved me in ways I can’t even begin to explain—the way we collectively confronted our histories and bore......more

Goodreads review by Han

This collection is straight fire—southern, historical, lyrical. So beautiful. I especially recommend to folks looking to expand their Southern lit bookshelf!!!......more

Goodreads review by sarah

would give endless stars......more

These are deeply emotional--sometimes angry, sometimes loving, always passionate--poems.......more