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“i told them that men and women are measured by their acts not by their swaggering speech or walk, or the money they have stashed between their legs.”
― Shake Loose My Skin: New and Selected Poems
― Shake Loose My Skin: New and Selected Poems
“but i am what i
am. woman. alone
amid all this noise.”
― Shake Loose My Skin: New and Selected Poems
am. woman. alone
amid all this noise.”
― Shake Loose My Skin: New and Selected Poems
“Here’s a theory: Maybe I had not really been broken this whole time. Maybe I had been a human—flawed and still growing but full of light nonetheless”
― What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
― What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
“You don’t have to fix anything to deserve love. I love you for who you are. You can fuck up. You can do whatever you want and you’ll still deserve love.”
― What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
― What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
“Let her be. She got a right to be different. She gonna stumble on herself one of these days. Just let the child be.”
― Shake Loose My Skin: New and Selected Poems
― Shake Loose My Skin: New and Selected Poems
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Jenni’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jenni’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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