Shayla Lawson is the author of A Speed Education in Human Being and the chapbook PANTONE. She grew up in the bluegrass state and has always carried a fondness for oceans. Her work has appeared in print and online at Tin House, GRAMMA, ESPN, Salon, The Offing, Guernica, Colorado Review, Barrelhouse, & MiPOesias.

Books by Shayla Lawson:

Other poems on the web by Shayla Lawson:
"Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man"
Four poems
Four poems
"The Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Circa 2007"
"pantone 71-4 c"
"White"
Three poems

Shayla Lawson's Website.

Shayla Lawson on Twitter.

Shayla Lawson on Facebook.

About I Think I'm Ready to See Frank Ocean:

"I cannot pin this book down. I cannot easily categorize or articulate what this book is doing, or what it means. I cannot get to the bottom of the brilliance behind it, or the brilliance that brilliance makes. Sound familiar? Sound like the Ocean? Are you ready?"
—Ross Gay