The Crown Ain't Worth Much May 17\ Ollie Schminkey

Ollie Schminkey

meticulous and astute poet

– Christell Victoria Roach

author of Ain’t Never Not Been Black

At the intersection of womxnhood

The Crown Ain't Worth Much May 17\ Ollie SchminkeyHanif Abdurraqib, 2016. The Crown Ain't Worth Much, Hanif Abdurraqib's first full length collection, is a sharp and vulnerable portrayal of city life in the United States. New York Times best selling author, Abdurraqib brings his interest in pop culture to these poems, analyzing race, gender, family, and the love that finally holds us together even as it threatens to break us. The poems in this collection are challenging and accessible at once, as