Arresting and beautiful..."In Nicholle Ramsey \'s first book, calling in black , we hear a fresh, young voice, informed by Spoken Word luminaries such as Danez Smith, and Mai\'a Williams but there are also echoes of poets a generation back, like Maya Angelou, Sonia Sanchez, Lucille Clifton, Amiri Baraka, Audre Lorde, Nikki Giovanni, Diane DiPrima and Adrienne Rich.
There is strength in these poems, there is intimacy; there is self-confidence, there is vulnerability;.
Arresting and beautiful..."In Nicholle Ramsey \'s first book, calling in black , we hear a fresh, young voice, informed by Spoken Word luminaries such as Danez Smith, and Mai\'a Williams but there are also echoes of poets a generation back, like Maya Angelou, Sonia Sanchez, Lucille Clifton, Amiri Baraka, Audre Lorde, Nikki Giovanni, Diane DiPrima and Adrienne Rich
