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Rainbow Elephant is a book of literary and spoken word poetry exploring facets of the life of Taria Person; a queer, African American woman. She recounts authentic experiences and memories from her journey that include a wide spectrum of topics—both beautiful and traumatic, such as family and heritage, depression and anxiety, thoughts of suicide, uplifting community and her own unique methods of coping.

In Shyne Nelson's first collection of poems, essays and short stories, Nelson make's visible, the pain and magic of growing up a black man in America. Telling the coming-of-age stories of his peers and chanting that black men are present, lovable and anything but invisible. His "aggressively honest" approach to storytelling is one that will make you laugh, cry, think, but most importantly relate. Tackling subjects as taboo as prostitution in the short story "The Client List" to presenting a different prospective of the age old infidelity issue in the poem "He exist, because of you." Nelson's debut is sure to start plenty of conversations. "Things Unsaid" addresses just that: The things ...