WORDSONGS

for GRANDMAS

Poems by Asani Charles

Wordsongs for Grandmas is a love letter to my grandmothers.
Rooted in memory, the collection moves between love and light, family and
home, history and the harder truths that shaped their lives. Through these
poems, I return to them—and to the worlds, stories, food, music, and memories
they left with me.

Cover artwork by Karlie Charles

“Grease” is a “hilarious account of her passion for frybread, fried chicken,
and corn stew because they remind her of family and home,” while Charles’
writing can “sound, taste, smell, and feel like life.”

— World Literature Today

Charles’ vivid, localized imagery nourishes a new generation of readers,
making them say, “dayum, that’s good.”

— Kimberly L. Becker, Eclectica Magazine