No Sweet Without Brine: PoemsCynthia Manicks poetry collection personifies love of self and culture through fresh observations and bitter truths voiced with breathtaking lyricism. No Sweet Without Brine is both a soulful and celebratory collection that summons sticky sweet memories with an acrid aftertaste of deep thought. Satisfying moments are captured in odes to Idris Elbas dulcet tones on a meditation app and the satisfaction of half priced Entenmanns poundcake; in childlike