Crying in LA: Sapphic Longing in Tongues and Tears is an emboldened, Afrocentric collection of poetry that explores Black sapphic love, uncertainty, and loss through metaphors of shifting. From warm affections ( Sunny Skies ), to the weight of uncertainty ( Partly Cloudy ), the introspection of almost-loves ( Chance of Rain ), to the cleansing mourning of heartbreak ( Showers ), each poem pulses with radical tenderness. A pouring of cultural memory, sensuality, and the blues of Black queer existence, this assembly is both celebration and confession-where tongues speak across waters.