Beyond the Watershed bookcover

Beyond the Watershed

Nadia Alexis 

(Author)

Evie Shockley 

(Foreword by)
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Description

A hybrid collection that explores the dual nature of water as both a destructive and healing force, mirroring the experiences of Black women and girls.

A hybrid collection of poetry and photography, Beyond the Watershed explores the various experiences of a Haitian American daughter and her Haitian immigrant mother. Nadia Alexis crafts a moving portrayal of generational trauma, domestic violence, survival, and reclamation, using stunning imagery drawing from the body, spirit, nature, and cityscapes. Alexis traces journeys to break free-documenting pain, making space for light, becoming a reckoning, connecting with spirit, and writing oneself into new seasons of safe waters, healthy love, and transformation. This vital debut affirms that there's "nothing like the thirst / of Black girls who believe in their own dreams," even as they navigate nonlinear paths to healing. "Sometimes the clouds speak to me / & tell me to look beyond the burning," the daughter declares, as she charts her own path forward.

Product Details

PublisherCavanKerry Press
Publish DateMarch 04, 2025
Pages100
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781960327093
Dimensions8.8 X 5.8 X 0.5 inches | 0.3 pounds
BISAC Categories: Poetry, Poetry, Poetry

About the Author

Nadia Alexis is a poet, writer, photographer, and daughter of Haitian immigrants. Her writing is published in Poets & Writers, The Global South, Shenandoah, Wild Imperfections: An Anthology of Womanist Poems, and others.

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