Conjuring of America: Mojos, Mermaids, Medicine, and 400 Years of Black Women's Magic Emigration & Immigration Gifted was nominated for the

Gifted was nominated for the 167th Akutagawa Prize in 2022

"The beautifully crafted poems in this collection are fiercely tender gifts

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Landscapes and Black queer social ecologies illuminate an anti-map of interior poetics and converging horizons

Conjuring of America: Mojos, Mermaids, Medicine, and 400 Years of Black Women's Magic Emigration & Immigration Gifted was nominated for theBookRiot's Best New Nonfiction NPR's New Books for Summer Reading Ms. Magazine's most Anticipated Feminist Book A crucial telling of U. S. history centering the Black women whose magic gave rise to the rich tapestry of American culture, wellness, and spirituality that we see today from Vicks VapoRub and Aunt Jemima's pancake mix, to the magic of Disney's The Little Mermaid (2023), and the all American blue jean. Emerging first on plantations in the