{"product_id":"the-delicacy-of-embracing-spirals-9780872869257","title":"The Delicacy of Embracing Spirals","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne of \u003c\/i\u003ePublisher's Weekly's \u003ci\u003eMost Anticipated Poetry Books for Fall 2023!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncendiary, lyrical poems of liberation from the phantasm of Black womanhood. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"mimi tempestt writes like a third testament in which God (or our understanding) finally matures. Like a painter longed for by a million canvasses. No peer. No rival. Just a cosmos enjoyed by friends; alive in the most exciting mind of our generation.\"\u003cb\u003e--Tongo Eisen-Martin, author of \u003ci\u003eBlood on the Fog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWedding fierce, jagged lines to an uncompromisingly lyrical flow honed over years of performance, mimi tempestt writes poems that are by turns cerebral, profane, revolutionary, comedic, erotic, and sentimental. \u003ci\u003ethe delicacy of embracing spirals\u003c\/i\u003e is her second book, an investigation of the ways in which the personal narrative of Black womanhood can be expressed through a radically human lens. With a visual sensibility that eventually explodes across the page, the collection begins with microcosmic poems of personal struggle and spirals out to macrocosmic texts of social and political critique. The book culminates in a fantastic account of the impossible staging of a play where the lives of the characters and the audience are at stake. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA blend of theatre and melodrama, narrative and lyricism, \u003ci\u003ethe delicacy of embracing spirals \u003c\/i\u003eranges from a confrontation with abusive lovers and predatory promoters, to an excoriation of police brutality and gender oppression, to a critique of the commodification of Black artists for white consumption. mimi tempestt expresses an ongoing dialectical consciousness about being Black, being woman, being queer, being radical, and most essentially, being complicatedly human. The poems engage with the \"performance\" of oppression that can deter the possibilities of selfhood, liberation, and autonomy, asking three central questions: \"What haunts you? What hunts you? Who and what are you hunting?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e City Lights Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780872869257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144","brand":"Mimi Tempestt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43075457515701,"sku":"9780872869257","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d7985f50-abaa-4fc4-9554-41370d48ed23.jpg?v=1691466461","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-delicacy-of-embracing-spirals-9780872869257","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}