Musician Melania Luisa Marte makes her authorial debut with a riveting poetry collection, "Plantains and Our Becoming." Marte writes of her experience as an Afro-Latina and uprooting her life to live in New York, Texas, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti. Tracing the history of colonialism and its effects on generations of Afro-Latine, Marte not only shines a light on painful experiences but also centres the joys of shared community, belonging, and sisterhood. "Plantains and Our Becoming" is an ode to ancestors and hometowns, making it an unmissable debut.
Release date: Aug. 22