Joy and Pain, Sunshine and Rain: Exploring the Nuances of Janel Pineda’s Lineage of Rain, by Yalie Saweda Kamara

We are pleased to share this review by Yalie Saweda Kamara of Janel Pineda’s Lineage of Rain (Haymarket Books, 2020), which appeared in Issue 18.2 as part of a special multigenre review feature on joy, hope, and delight (read the entire feature here).

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Yalie Saweda Kamara is a Sierra Leonean–American writer. She is the author of A Brief Biography of My Name (Akashic Books/African Poetry Book Fund, 2018) and When The Living Sing (Ledge Mule Press, 2017). Kamara is a PhD candidate in creative writing at the University of Cincinnati. For more: yaylala.com