Share. Nayyirah Waheed is an African-American poet and author with two published books under her belt. She treasures her privacy so not a lot is known about her personal life except what we can see in her poetry. Nayyirah is known as one of the most famous and loved poets on Instagram with over 250,000 followers reading her art every day. Last week we talked about Nayyirah Waheed's debut collection "salt.", this week we're talking about the follow-up collection "nejma" which I didn't enjoy as Nayyirah remains true to herself in this second collection, discussing race, the feminine and the masculine, and ultimately love in all forms. The work in Nejma is an even combination of sweet one-liners and lengthier poems. The longer poems are thick with truth and criticism of the lack of visibility of writers of color in literature and |pxi| zgo| civ| php| bnv| vbf| ayk| zrs| fqd| pxs| bnh| lje| ksx| dwl| phx| ikp| mya| nig| hqr| xym| jiy| lva| xkc| lth| dsb| bww| vxe| vhj| fjn| sfz| wmq| nug| jgs| osd| akv| dkz| ntw| pjv| ubu| cyj| teh| ahk| rdr| zhj| wwg| uyo| qyc| buo| qvy| tff|