What God in the Kingdom of Bastards

<b>A California Review of Books Best Poetry Book of 2025</b><br><br><br><i>What God in the Kingdom of Bastards</i> is a poetic exploration of grief, memory, Blackness, and the haunting legacy of familial trauma by way of colonialism, told through the lens of two brothers: Lot, the elder, who is flesh and alive, and Frank, the younger, a ghost navigating his post-suicide existence. Their relationship anchors the collection, weaving themes of love, loss, and the arduous reconciliation between the living and the dead. Combining vivid imagery with fragmented, conversational tones of prayers, laments, and whispered confessions that are surreal and lyrical, Gyamfi delves into the ways traumaboth personal and systemicpermeates family, faith, and identity.