Happening tomorrow at Word Up bookstore @7pm tinyurl.com/yc6mrkac We'll be celebrating the lovely Nadia Alexis & her collection Beyond the Watershed!⭐ #nadiaalexis #nycbooklaunch #wordupbooks #cynthiamanick #debutpoetrybook #poetrylovers #blackwomenpoets #washingtonheights #harlem #buyblackbooks

For our Inspiration Issue, Nadia Alexis shares the impetus behind her debut poetry collection: “I wanted to resist silence. … To understand love better. … To give offerings with my words and photographs that could have others feel seen, moved, changed.” More: at.pw.org/NadiaAlexis