Song of My Softening
by Omotara James
List Price: $22.95Alice James Books (Feb 13, 2024)
Poetry, Paperback, 160 pages
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Description of Song of My Softening by Omotara James
- Recommended by Cosmopolitan
- USA Today
- Shondaland
- Book Riot
“It’s not often that fat women feel such thorough representation of themselves not only in poetry but in any media and not only in the beautiful moments but in the sorrowful ones, ranging throughout life. James does a brilliant job of portraying this and all her themes brilliantly; highly recommended.”
—Starred review by Library Journal
The raw poems inside Song of My Softening study the ever-changing relationship with oneself, while also investigating the relationship that the world and nation has with Black queerness. Poems open wide the questioning of how we express both love and pain, and how we view our bodies in society, offering themselves wholly, with sharpness and compassion.

Additional Book Information:
- ISBN: 9781948579247
- Imprint: Alice James Books
- Publisher: Alice James Books
- Parent Company: University of Maine at Farmington
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