Soft & Solid: a Letter (Second Edition)
Reprinted by popular demand, in this epistolary chapbook a rising Nigerian-American chef unfolds her grief through letters to her deceased mother. With unflinching honesty, Bim details her path to carving her own personhood within the kitchens she cooks in and the men she falls for. This is a story of tenuous and tender mother-daughter relationships, of subverting parental expectations, and of learning how and who to love.
The second edition of Soft & Solid is perfect-bound, satin-papered, 68 pages, and an intimate 4.75" x 4.75". Ships domestically within the United States. Contact me if you'd like a copy and you're outside of the U.S.
About the Author
Ola Faleti is an artist and arts educator raised & based in Chicago. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Unwoven Literary Magazine, TriQuarterly, Interim, Jet Fuel Review, and elsewhere. Ola’s favorite number is nine, and she believes there’s no such thing as too many flowers. She also runs Spare Jar Consulting, a grant writing & creative facilitation business.
Reprinted by popular demand, in this epistolary chapbook a rising Nigerian-American chef unfolds her grief through letters to her deceased mother. With unflinching honesty, Bim details her path to carving her own personhood within the kitchens she cooks in and the men she falls for. This is a story of tenuous and tender mother-daughter relationships, of subverting parental expectations, and of learning how and who to love.
The second edition of Soft & Solid is perfect-bound, satin-papered, 68 pages, and an intimate 4.75" x 4.75". Ships domestically within the United States. Contact me if you'd like a copy and you're outside of the U.S.
About the Author
Ola Faleti is an artist and arts educator raised & based in Chicago. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Unwoven Literary Magazine, TriQuarterly, Interim, Jet Fuel Review, and elsewhere. Ola’s favorite number is nine, and she believes there’s no such thing as too many flowers. She also runs Spare Jar Consulting, a grant writing & creative facilitation business.
Reprinted by popular demand, in this epistolary chapbook a rising Nigerian-American chef unfolds her grief through letters to her deceased mother. With unflinching honesty, Bim details her path to carving her own personhood within the kitchens she cooks in and the men she falls for. This is a story of tenuous and tender mother-daughter relationships, of subverting parental expectations, and of learning how and who to love.
The second edition of Soft & Solid is perfect-bound, satin-papered, 68 pages, and an intimate 4.75" x 4.75". Ships domestically within the United States. Contact me if you'd like a copy and you're outside of the U.S.
About the Author
Ola Faleti is an artist and arts educator raised & based in Chicago. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Unwoven Literary Magazine, TriQuarterly, Interim, Jet Fuel Review, and elsewhere. Ola’s favorite number is nine, and she believes there’s no such thing as too many flowers. She also runs Spare Jar Consulting, a grant writing & creative facilitation business.