Black Girl and the Ghosts Wilting Her Blooms

BLACK GIRL AND THE GHOSTS WILTING HER BLOOMS is a love letter about what it means to live: the joys, the pain, everything in between. This is a poetry collection that explores the complexities of grief, family dynamics, childhood, love, and identity. Told through a coming of age lens, the author explains different types of hauntings that impact the mind, body, and soul. Villarreal's body of work demonstrates that the process of healing is to be changed—it is a brutal, beautiful, constant me...