Review librecht baker's vetiver pushes back against the dangerous walls that attempt to other our primordial heritage. Code switching and dismantling picket fences are her forte. These 29 poems carry us forward and remind us that the monsters aren't under our bed and that there's no single story. She wants you to remember: "the spirit of war is not your spirit," and that, "when we are surviving, spilling, losing our mask(s)/ is when we should be seen." These poems induce elevation and celebrate cultural memory.Mike "the PoeT" Sonksen, author of I am ALIVE in LOS ANGELES!librecht baker's vetiver will ground you in a multitude of cry/call scream/response(s). Her mastery of the English language as a conduit for ancestors & formulaic tornadoes is a much needed collection. Every page a center, every poem a compass.Anastacia-Renee author of (V.), Answer(Me), and Forget It About the Author librecht baker is a Long Beach, CA writer. Dembrebrah West African Drum & Dance Ensemble member. English Instructor. VONA/Voices & Lambda Literary Fellow. Sundress Publications' Assistant Editor. MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College. Poetry is included in Writing the Walls Down: A Convergence of LGBTQ Voices, CHORUS: A Literary Mixtape, Emerge: 2015 Lambda Literary Fellows Anthology, Thank You for Swallowing Volume 2 Issue 2, and Solace: Writing Refuge, & LGBTQ Women of Color. A one-act play, "Lineage Undone," will be part of the 2017 Eastside Queer Stories Festival in Los Angeles.