Finish this Sentence
with Leslie Roach
Hosted by Manahil Bandukwala Podcast Poetry
For author Leslie Roach, the book is a means to self-healing and share her experiences while simultaneously opening the eyes of others and spreading awareness of the dangers of racism in a community.
Writer, visual artist, and editor, Manahil Bandukwala hosts a conversation with acclaimed poet and lawyer Leslie Roach on her debut collection, Finish this Sentence. The poems examine personal experience in living with racism and healing from its distorting effects on the Self.
As this book weaves through the anger and anxiety provoked by racism, it points to the ultimate realization: one is neither the conditioning nor the negative thoughts that racism provokes. Rather, one is powerful and able to arrest those thoughts.

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