"The poems and essays in Stubborn Roots have changed me in ways I was unprepared for." —Clint Smith, author of How the Word is Passed

"The poems and essays in Stubborn Roots have changed me in ways I was unprepared for. The profundity of their observations of the world, and of themselves, left me in awe. This is a special book filled with special writers."

—Clint Smith, author of How the Word is Passed