"Poetry is an olive tree — wisdom, fertility, prosperity — following life then death and everything in between."

Jameka Williams’s debut poetry collection, American Sex Tape™, winner of the University of Wisconsin Press Brittingham Prize, is an American pop culture critique, a moving exploration of how social media and capitalism impact one’s sense of self, and an insightful showcase of what occurs when the voyeur becomes the subject. In our conversation, we discuss the collection’s unforgettable title, the Kardashians, writing about Blackness, and so much more.

In this blunt-chic edition of Sticky Fingers, Aimee Seu discusses literary hybridity, maternal influences, and exuberant fashion with Honey intern Aja St. Germaine then reads “Ode to Pomegranates” from her collection, Velvet Hounds.