Staying Right Here Raych Jackson Praise for Sierra DeMulder

Praise for Sierra DeMulder

and longer form poems

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complex emotions

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Staying Right Here Raych Jackson Praise for Sierra DeMulderUsman Hameedi, 2023 Usman Hameedis debut collection, Staying Right Here, is a journey in finding home. Hameedi invites readers to bear witness to vignettes of joy and hardship as he navigates finding his place in America. From an ode to Bodegas, an autobiography of his eyebrows, and elegies for lost friends, Hameedi's thematic metaphors for family, wellness, and American biases weave a literary tapestry. Reading Usmans work is like drinking a warm