"Lessons My Trauma Taught Me" by Nicole Hiser is a testimonial for any women who has survived. For those once traumatized little girls who are now women wanting to live, Hiser reminds to keep fighting back, keep following your dreams, and to learn from each other.

Lil of a Lot (and then some) is a poetry collection releasing decades of Riggs's experiences, knowledge, and thoughts as a Black man enduring the United States. I describe this collection as a release due to the power and pang behind a lot of these pieces. I can feel Riggs letting it all go in his poetry.

"Journey Through My Journal" is exactly what its title suggests: a vulnerable, wild n' messy, and intentionally imperfect collection of poetry and prose-poems documenting Hodge's ponderings about life. This is Hodge's beginning form as a writer and it is a brave start.