Jamilla Vandyke-Bailey

Than We Have Been Jamilla Vandyke-Bailey

than we have been is a raw, unapogetic, book of poetry meant to start conversations around trauma and how that trauma stays with us. Jamilla VanDyke-Bailey uses her own life experiences with mental illness, relationships, womanhood, and impending motherhood to give voice to the shadows that are often suffered in silence. than we have been is honest, and unflinching in the poetry given to the reader. When you open this book, just listen, the author has much she wishes to share with you.