Atena O. Danner

Atena, a Black woman, smiles slightly outdoors, looking directly into the camera.

Atena O. Danner is a poet and cultural worker, insisting upon Black liberation and boundless curiosity. Her first poetry collection, Incantations for Rest: Poems, Meditations, & Other Magic, was released by Skinner House Books in 2022.

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By Atena O. Danner

Poem: Generational Wealth
Atena O. Danner
12/15/2022

I will gift time to my children; they will inherit a legacy of resting.