“Words can only help you if you speak them.” - Crown Noble , Bianca Phipps Latinx, queer, poet Bianca Phipps dissects intimate family relationships in hopes of understanding conflict as a means of overcoming. Phipps' debut explores an alternate timeline version of her own childhood and by moving back and forth between those timelines she highlights her own generational inheritance while inviting us to discover our own. A College Spoken Word Phenom, Bianca is no stranger to plucking the heartstrings of readers and listeners. In Crown Noble she translates that charisma and flair for language to help her readers discover - even in the depths of hardship - the joy of family, of language, and of reclaiming your own story. --- Praise for Crown Noble “Bianca brings her heartbreak to life by continuing to build from it. What a joy that we get to hold what Bianca has grown.” – Melissa Lozada-Oliva, author of Peluda “[Crown Noble] is a stunning meditation on familial bonds, inheritance, and what we owe to where we come from.” – Kevin Kantor, author of Please Come Off-Book Bianca Phipps is a Chicago based spoken word poet, originally from San Antonio, TX. She recently graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a BA in Acting, and was featured on UNCo's SOAPbox SLAM CUPSI team from 2014-2016. dad & I own the same phone case by accident. dad & I quote the John Mulaney stand-up at the same time, miles apart. dad & I drink Moscow Mules, but never together. dad & I sing in the same off-key, & cry in the same silence. dad & I know how to make the room laugh so loud they forget we are there. dad & I don't call it depression, just the sadness, a scent to shake off maybe soon or in death, whichever comes last. dad & I cradle grudges in our shoulders against ourselves. each one is named after the ones we've hurt―but never our own names & never each other. we cannot forgive what we struggle to love, dad & I. I mean, he loves me & I love everyone except myself. dad & I both call it the sadness, though what we mean is the loneliness though what we mean is whatever will not kill us no matter how we beg.