Roots & Rhymes

Roots & Rhymes is a bold, unapologetic, and soul-stirring collection of poetry that speaks directly to the Black experience... past, present, and future. Across 324 pages, Cassandra Valentine lays bare the beauty, the burden, the joy, and the fire of Black life with words that cut deep and heal at once.

From kitchen-table truths to street-corner sermons, from ancestral wisdom to modern-day realities, these poems pulse with rhythm, pain, pride, and power. Valentine’s voice is both ancient and now... honoring Black roots while remixing them into rhymes that resonate with today’s generation.

This book doesn’t whisper. It testifies.