Fear of Falling Stories in Rhyme Akira knew how to stand

Akira knew how to stand up for herself

recording a furtive obsession that once animated gay urban life

as family alliances change and long-silent desires surface

Triangulating the landscapes she moves through with glacial backdrops in the work of Black conceptual artists and writers

Fear of Falling Stories in Rhyme Akira knew how to standSince she was fourteen, singer Sophie James has been an international superstar. With her career (and life) directed by her manager, Ray, she hasn't had to worry about a thing for more than a decade not where she goes, not what she sings, not who she is. But when Ray has a heart attack, Sophie is left without the only real father figure she's ever known and questioning everything she believes about what's important to her. Enter Dana Landon, the new