Gumbo Ya Ya

Winner, Cave Canem Poetry Prize | Winner, 2022 Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Poetry | Winner, 2022 Georgia Author of the Year (Poetry) | Finalist, 2023 Kate Tufts Discovery Award Gumbo Ya Ya , Aurielle Marie’s stunning debut, is a cauldron of hearty poems exploring race, gender, desire, and violence in the lives of Black gxrls, soaring against the backdrop of a contemporary South. These poems are loud, risky, and unapologetically rooted in the glory of Black gxrlhood. The collection opens w