The I Index

How to Say Babylon

Top of the pile

92

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

96/100

Critics

88/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Safiya Sinclair

Publisher:

37 Ink

Date:

October 3, 2023

The story of the author's struggle to break free of her rigid Rastafarian upbringing, ruled by her father's strict patriarchal views and repressive control of her childhood, to find her own voice as a woman and poet.

What The Reviewers Say

Alexis Burling,
The San Francisco Chronicle
Astounding.
Quiara Alegría Hudes,
The New York Times Book Review
Breathless, scorching.
Carole V. Bell,
The Washington Post
Lushly observed and keenly reflective.
Keishel Williams,
NPR
This memoir is a melodious wave of memories and interrogations that illustrates Sinclair's skill as both a poet and a storyteller.