{"title":"Poetry","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"magical-negro","title":"Magical Negro \/\/ Poems","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the breakout author of \u003cem\u003eThere Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé \u003c\/em\u003ecomes a profound and deceptively funny exploration of Black American womanhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMagical Negro\u003c\/em\u003e is an archive of Black everydayness, a catalog of contemporary folk heroes, an ethnography of ancestral grief, and an inventory of figureheads, idioms, and customs. These American poems are both elegy and jive, joke and declaration, songs of congregation and self-conception. They connect themes of loneliness, displacement, grief, ancestral trauma, and objectification, while exploring and troubling tropes and stereotypes of Black Americans. Focused primarily on depictions of black womanhood alongside personal narratives, the collection tackles interior and exterior politics―of both the body and society, of both the individual and the collective experience. In \u003cem\u003eMagical Negro\u003c\/em\u003e, Parker creates a space of witness, of airing grievances, of pointing out patterns. In these poems are living documents, pleas, latent traumas, inside jokes, and unspoken anxieties situated as firmly in the past as in the present―timeless Black melancholies and triumphs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"outerAuthorBio\" id=\"outerAuthorBio\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"authorBio\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMorgan Parker\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eThere Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé\u003c\/em\u003e (2017), \u003cem\u003eOther People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night\u003c\/em\u003e (2015), and the forthcoming poetry collection \u003cem\u003eMagical Negro\u003c\/em\u003e (2019). Her debut young adult novel \u003cem\u003eWho Put This Song On?\u003c\/em\u003e is forthcoming from Delacorte Press in late 2019, and her debut book of nonfiction will be released in 2020 by One World.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eParker received her Bachelors in Anthropology and Creative Writing from Columbia University and her MFA in Poetry from NYU. Her poetry and essays have been published and anthologized in numerous publications, including The Paris Review, The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop, Best American Poetry 2016, The New York Times, and The Nation. Parker is the recipient of a 2017 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship, winner of a 2016 Pushcart Prize, and a Cave Canem graduate fellow.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eShe is the creator and host of Reparations, Live! at the Ace Hotel. With Tommy Pico, she co-curates the Poets With Attitude (PWA) reading series, and with Angel Nafis, she is The Other Black Girl Collective. 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Morgan Parker stands at the intersections of vulnerability and performance, of desire and disgust, of tragedy and excellence. Unrelentingly feminist, tender, ruthless, and sequined, these poems are an altar to the complexities of Black American womanhood in an age of non-indictments and déjà vu, and a time of wars over bodies and power. These poems celebrate and mourn. They are a chorus chanting: \u003ci\u003eYou’re gonna give us the love we need.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMorgan Parker\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eThere Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé\u003c\/em\u003e (2017), \u003cem\u003eOther People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night\u003c\/em\u003e (2015), and the forthcoming poetry collection \u003cem\u003eMagical Negro\u003c\/em\u003e (2019). Her debut young adult novel \u003cem\u003eWho Put This Song On?\u003c\/em\u003e is forthcoming from Delacorte Press in late 2019, and her debut book of nonfiction will be released in 2020 by One World.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eParker received her Bachelors in Anthropology and Creative Writing from Columbia University and her MFA in Poetry from NYU. Her poetry and essays have been published and anthologized in numerous publications, including The Paris Review, The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop, Best American Poetry 2016, The New York Times, and The Nation. Parker is the recipient of a 2017 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship, winner of a 2016 Pushcart Prize, and a Cave Canem graduate fellow.\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eShe is the creator and host of Reparations, Live! at the Ace Hotel. 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The late Luther Vandross, resurrected here in a suite of poems, addresses the contradiction between his public persona and a life spent largely in the closet: “It’s a calling, this hunger \/ to sing for a love I’m too ashamed to want for myself.” In “Aaron McKinney Cleans His Magnum,” the convicted killer imagines the barrel of the gun he used to bludgeon Matthew Shepard as an “infant’s small mouth” as well as the “sad calculator” that was “built to subtract from and divide a town.” In these and other poems, Blount viscerally captures the experience of the “other” and locates us squarely within these personae.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Cave Canem alumnus, \u003cstrong\u003eTommye Blount\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Are We Not For\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Bull City Press, 2016). 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She evokes a home no longer accessible and a body at times uninhabitable, often mirrored by a hybrid Eve\/Caliban figure. Blooming with intense lyricism and fertile imagery, these full-blooded poems are elegant, mythic, and intricately woven. Here the female body is a dark landscape; the female body is cannibal. Sinclair shocks and delights her readers with her willingness to disorient and provoke, creating a multitextured collage of beautiful and explosive poems.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eSafiya Sinclair\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica. She is the winner of a 2016 Whiting Writers' Award, the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation, fellowships from Yaddo, the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, the Glenna Luschei Award from \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Amy Clampitt Residency Award. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Kenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew England Review\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Gettysburg Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTriQuarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOxford American\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. 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Sneed’s poems not only converse with lovers past and present, but also with her literary forebears—like James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Audre Lorde—whose aesthetic and thematic investments she renews for a contemporary American landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOffering critical focus on matters from police brutality to LGBTQ+ rights,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFuneral Diva\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003econfronts today's most pressing issues with acerbic wit and audacity. The collection closes with Sneed's reflections on the two pandemics of her time, AIDS and COVID-19, and the disproportionate impact of each on African American communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRiveting, personal, open-hearted, risky and wise\u003c\/strong\u003e. This is Pamela Sneed at the top of her gifts, firmly grounding her history into our history, enriching both, acknowledging all the legacies and losses, influences gold and ash.\" \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e— Sarah Schulman\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eConflict Is Not Abuse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReminiscent of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/rep.club\/products\/zami-audre-lorde\" title=\"Zami by Audre Lorde\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAudre Lorde’s\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eZami\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, Pamela Sneed’s memoir is, in itself, a healing balm, affirming in its truths and honesty\u003c\/strong\u003e. I cannot remember ever reading a book that illustrates the impact of the AIDS epidemic on our community more poignantly than \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFuneral Diva\u003c\/em\u003e.\" \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e— Nicole Dennis-Benn\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/rep.club\/products\/patsy-nicole-dennis-benn\" title=\"Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePatsy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoet, professor, and performer, \u003cstrong\u003ePamela Sneed\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSweet Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKong,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eImagine Being More Afraid of Freedom than Slavery\u003c\/em\u003e. She was a Visiting Critic at Yale, a Visiting Professor at Columbia University’s School of the Arts, and is online faculty at Chicago’s School of the Art Institute teaching Human Rights and Writing Art. Her work is widely anthologized and appears in Nikki Giovanni’s,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe 100 Best African American Poems.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe has performed at the Whitney Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Poetry Project, NYU and Pratt Universities, Smack Mellon Gallery, The High Line, Performa, Danspace, The Bessies, Performance Space, Joe’s Pub, The Public Theater, SMFA, and BRIC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eItem Weight:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e7.2 ounces\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eUNSPSC:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e55101500\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePaperback:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e160 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-13:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9780872868113\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-10:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0872868117\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eProduct Dimensions:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5.25 x 0.75 x 8 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublisher:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCity Lights Publishers (October 27, 2020)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLanguage:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Pamela Sneed","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":37151732760743,"sku":"9780872868113","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/4014\/9820\/products\/FuneralDivabyPamelaSneed.jpg?v=1603846132"},{"product_id":"this-bridge-called-my-back","title":"This Bridge Called My Back \/\/ Writings by Radical Women of Color (40th Anniversary Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOriginally released in 1981, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis Bridge Called My Back\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is a testimony to women of color feminism as it emerged in the last quarter of the twentieth century. 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Young’s fresh, revelatory presentation of the Harlem Renaissance reexamines the achievements of Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen alongside works by lesser-known poets such as Gwendolyn B. Bennett and Mae V. Cowdery. The later flowering of the still influential Black Arts Movement is represented here with breadth and originality, including many long out-of-print or hard-to-find poems.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHere are all the significant movements and currents: the nineteenth-century Francophone poets known as Les Cenelles, the Chicago Renaissance that flourished around Gwendolyn Brooks, the early 1960s Umbra group, and the more recent work of writers affiliated with Cave Canem and the Dark Room Collective. Here too are poems of singular, hard-to-classify figures: the enslaved potter David Drake, the allusive modernist Melvin B. 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Norton \u0026amp; Company (October 15, 2019)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLanguage:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Reginald Dwayne Betts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":37405224108199,"sku":"9780393542035","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":37405224075431,"sku":"9780393652147","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/4014\/9820\/products\/Felon_Poems_Reginald_paperback.jpg?v=1744503562"},{"product_id":"1919-ewing","title":"1919","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Chicago Race Riot of 1919, the most intense of the riots comprising the nation’s Red Summer, has shaped the last century but is not widely discussed. 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