Hold What Makes You Whole (signed paperback + limited edition journal)

"The power of this collection is in its verses....it questions our assumptions and forces us to confront the very expressions we take for granted." —Pittsburgh Post Gazette Book photos not displaying? Click here. The signed copy of my tenth book, Hold What Makes You Whole. With the limited edition "The Pulse" journal/zine.  THE BOOK. Rest like the sun does: Schedule some timeto stay out of sightwhen too many peoplepraise warm energy ... Poet Laureate Marcus Amaker's (he/him) tenth book, Hold What Makes You Whole, is a pocket-sized full-color collection of new and selected works from an award-winning opera librettist, musician, and graphic designer. Hold What Makes You Whole is a 200-page compilation of jazz, Blackness, self care, fatherhood, Star Wars, social justice, music, and memory. Along with the audiobook and e-book, the Hold project also features short films, two full-length albums, and an interactive website. On the cover of the book is Amaker's great-great aunt Ruth Robinso