A review by jackelz
Finna: Poems by Nate Marshall

These are real stories (poems) about Blackness, masculinity, family, Chicago. 

 

His poem about the Oregon Trail was my favorite. It took me back to elementary school when we would play that, and the typing game Word Invaders, during computer class. Kids today will never understand! 

 

I’m glad I picked this one up while perusing at the library. 

 

“let me put it to you like this fam: who you believe in is a matter of who you mattered to.”