![]() ![]() ![]() The title of the book comes from a line Willis first heard on an Alicia Keys album. “The Risk It Takes to Bloom” derives its title from a line written by Elizabeth Appell: “And the day came when the risk to remain closed in a bud became more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” ![]() “So I also felt that perhaps the world was more primed to hear what I had to say in this way.” “A lot of the conversations we were having about systems of oppression, particularly in the summer of 2020, brought all the conventions of White supremacy and the cisheteropatriarchy more into the fore for a lot of people,” Willis said in a phone interview. The book has been building inside Willis since the early 2010s, she said, but she didn’t feel ready to share it with the world. Across its pages, readers are transported alongside Willis’ life, growing and blooming with her at every step of the way. “The Risk It Takes to Bloom: On Life and Liberation” is Willis’ first book, exploring her journey into her own womanhood as a transgender person, navigating Southern Catholic family dynamics, social justice work and transphobia both in the media and in real life. Raquel Willis has spent more than a decade working as both a journalist and activist for Black and LGBTQ people, championing these causes and uplifting voices. ![]()
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