or, on being the other womanSimone White In or, on being the other woman, Simone White considers the dynamics of contemporary black feminist life. Throughout this book length poem, White writes through a hybrid of poetry, essay, personal narrative, and critical theory, attesting to the narrative complexities of writing and living as a black woman and artist. She considers black social lifefrom art and motherhood to trap music and loveas unspeakably troubling and reflects on the