BEAR REVIEWS

In Jessica Nirvana Ram’s debut poetry collection, Earthly Gods (Variant Literature, Inc., 2024), I located much of myself and my own journey navigating the complexities of culture, legacy, and personal growth as an Indo-Caribbean part of the Guyanese community. In Ram’s collection, she writes of the expectations placed upon Guyanese daughters: to caretake, to marry, to mother, especially as an eldest or only child...