{"product_id":"the-fat-black-womans-poems-isbn-9780860686354","title":"The Fat Black Woman's Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning collection of poems from Grace Nichols, winner of the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeauty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eis a fat black woman \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ewalking the fields \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003epressing a breezed \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ehibiscus \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eto her cheek\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ewhile the sun lights up \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eher feet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNichols gives us images that stare us straight in the eye, images of joy, challenge, accusation. Her 'fat black woman' is brash; rejoices in herself; poses awkward questions to politicians, rulers, suitors, to a white world that still turns its back. Grace Nichols writes in a language that is wonderfully vivid yet economical of the pleasures and sadnesses of memory, of loving, of 'the power to be what I am, a woman, charting my own futures'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnquestionably one of our most important living poets'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ei-D magazine \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Not only rich music, an easy lyricism, but also grit, and earthy honesty, a willingness to be vulnerable and clean' \u003c\/b\u003eGwendolyn Brooks \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Beneath the folk rhythms and the lyrical simplicities, Nichols's poems preach disquiet'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Grace Nichols has wit, acidity, tenderness, any number of gifts at her disposal' \u003c\/b\u003eJeanette Winterson\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Virago","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44893408297189,"sku":"NP9780860686354","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/16e2cbc1-766f-4900-a8c9-ab0200042546.jpg?v=1767909718","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-fat-black-womans-poems-isbn-9780860686354","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}