Sana Sana
Published January 21, 2020
Game Over Books
Cover by Ari Brielle
$15.00
After ten years of performing her spoken word poetry, Ariana Brown gathers her favorite poems to return to in her chapbook Sana Sana. With a tender and critical voice, she explores Black girlhood, the possibilities of queerness, finding your people, and trying to survive capitalism. All are explored as acts of different kinds of love—for self, for lovers, for family, for community. Brown’s collection refuses singularity, insisting on the specificity of her own life and studies. As she writes toward her own healing, Brown asks readers to participate in the ceremony by serving as witnesses. Sana Sana, colita de rana, si no sana hoy, sana en la mañana.
Reviews
"I belong in my community: a conversation with Ariana Brown," The Adroit Journal
Ariana Brown's poetry powerfully captures life as a queer person of color, The Tempest
"Language is belonging: a review of Ariana Brown's Sana Sana," Hellebore Press
"Required Reading: Sana Sana by Ariana Brown," Broad Recognition