Words Like Love sovereignty " This debut collection is

" This debut collection is a fast-paced tour of Mojave life and family narrative: A sister fights for or against a brother on meth

Steeped in Cherokee myths and history

and gather mussels under blue sea ice before the tide comes in

There is a rustle in the bushes

one which wakes in us the ability to understand so much about ourselves and the way history and time weigh on us in ways it's both understandable to stay asleep or to have to wake up from

Words Like Love sovereignty " This debut collection isTanaya Winder's Words Like Love sings the joys, glories, and laments of love. As an accomplished poet, Winder traverses the darkness in a quest to learn more about the most complex of subjects. With beauty and ease, she explores emotion and thought through the poems featured in this debut collection. "These poems are echoes from the intimacies of love songs, truth telling, and survival. I can use them to make sense of my life as an Indigenous woman,