Hush, Puppy

In "Hush, Puppy" a neighborhood, a city and memories are more than just a neighborhood, a city and memories. "Hush, Puppy" is a call and response praise song to the antimony of being Black and Gullah and Southern in Charleston, South Carolina and the world. This chapbook explores familial, societal and community relationships with spice and a dash of humor. "Hush, Puppy" braids love and wrath into one lyrical plait. Meet "Hush, Puppy" at the intersection of the past and the future, sip the bitter tea of its history to explore where we are today.

Yvette R. Murray is an award-winning poet and writer. She has been published in Chestnut Review, Emrys Journal, Litmosphere, A Gathering Together, and others. She is the 2022 Susan Laughter Meyers Poetry Fellow, a 2021 Best New Poet selection, a Watering Hole Fellow, and a Pushcart Prize nominee. She is a board member of the South Carolina Writer's Association and the Poetry Society of South Carolina, and a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators. Find her on Twitter @MissYvettewrites.