{"product_id":"woke-up-no-light-isbn-9780593319710","title":"woke up no light","description":"\u003cb\u003eA poignant, rousing debut book of poetry, full of life, from the former Youth Poet Laureate of Oakland, California\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewoke up no light \u003c\/i\u003eis a Black girl’s saunter turned to a woman’s defiant strut. These are the hymns of a new generation of poetry. Young, alive, yearning. A mouth swung open and ready to devour. A quest for home in a world that knows only wasteland and wanting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoving in sections from “girlhood” to “neighborhood” to “falsehood” to, finally, “womanhood,” these poems reckon with themes of reparations, restitution, and desire. The collection is sharp and raw, wise and rhythmic, a combination that lights up each page. From unearthing histories to searching for ways to dream of a future in a world constantly on the brink of disaster, this young poet sets forth personal and political revelation with piercing detail.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewoke up no light\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Leila Mottley’s arrival and demonstrates the enduring power of her voice—brave and distinctive and thoroughly her own.\"\"These poems evince the same intense passion and sympathy we saw in \u003ci\u003eNightcrawling\u003c\/i\u003e, but here the scope is wider and even more ambitious.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Leila Mottley writes with the introspection of Zora Neale Hurston, the righteous rage of Bobby Seales, and a lyrical wit mirroring Souls of Mischief. Each section of \u003ci\u003ewoke up no light\u003c\/i\u003e is a testimony to living and thriving; and proof that one of Oakland’s mightiest heirlooms has nothing to lose. Mottley aims to free the \u003ci\u003egirlchild \u003c\/i\u003efrom the bindings and blindings as she pens with such eloquent sharpness: ‘California says they might owe us a cent or two \/ if we can prove the cells that make us.’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewoke no light\u003c\/i\u003e is a revolution of words and worlds, readying to become. Poems centering the effect of street scriptures, gender roles, police brutality, and the humanity lost to celebritism; Mottley leaves no rock unturned and aims to set us all free.”  \u003cb\u003e—Mahogany L. Browne, author of \u003ci\u003eChrome Valley\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVinyl Moon\u003c\/i\u003e and poet-in-residence, Lincoln Center\u003c\/b\u003eLEILA MOTTLEY is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eNightcrawling,\u003c\/i\u003e an Oprah’s Book Club pick and a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best seller. She is also the 2018 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate. She was born and raised in Oakland, where she continues to live.","brand":"Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300883353829,"sku":"NP9780593319710","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780593319710.jpg?v=1767744455","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/woke-up-no-light-isbn-9780593319710","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}