Orange Binding:Paperback Kwanzaa is a holiday steeped

Kwanzaa is a holiday steeped in ancestral traditions collected over generations of people across the Black Diaspora

In the Black feminist tradition of Audre Lorde

Alexander Chee

brains—are built from these compartments

Orange Binding:Paperback Kwanzaa is a holiday steepedA bold and tender portrait of family, identity, and truth in the North Bronx. Through narrative poems and innovative forms inspired by color theory and elementary school, Orange explores the ripple effects of queerness, lies, and finding yourself in a family. In this visceral new collection, however, the scope of "family" expands well beyond the nuclear unit; Noel Quiones's poems center relationships between friends, cousins, partners, and many other