Author: Tawanda Mulalu
Series: Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets, 170
Narrator: Tawanda Mulalu
Unabridged: 1 hr 59 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Highbridge Audio
Published: 05/16/2023
Please make me pretty, I don't want to die explores tactility, sound, sensuality, and intimacy. Set across the four seasons of a year, these fresh and original poems by Tawanda Mulalu combine an inviting confessional voice and offbeat imagery, and offer an appealing mixture of seriousness and humor.
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