Written during the author's graduate school years, Baby Teeth captures a young woman on the threshold of radical self-discovery. These poems navigate the complex terrain of sexuality, memory, and identity, exploring the gap between who we think we are and who we're becoming.

The collection takes its title from the painful but necessary process of shedding what no longer serves you, even when we're not sure what will grow in its place.

The author began college at sixteen and was teaching undergraduates by twenty-two, but these poems reveal someone grappling with questions that can't be answered in lecture halls. They document a brilliant young scholar's journey toward living authentically, even when that path leads away from safety and expectation.

Jasmine Lee Keith, also known as Sovereign Syre is a writer, poet, comedian and podcaster based out of Los Angeles, California.