{"product_id":"the-fat-black-womans-poems-9780349017402","title":"The Fat Black Woman's Poems","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeauty \u003cbr\u003e is a fat black woman \u003cbr\u003e walking the fields \u003cbr\u003e pressing a breezed \u003cbr\u003e hibiscus \u003cbr\u003e to her cheek \u003cbr\u003e while the sun lights up \u003cbr\u003e her feet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nichols 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Virago Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780349017402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96","brand":"Grace Nichols","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43084091818165,"sku":"9780349017402","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0a3e6737-b9cc-494b-92e5-a1b117c89926.jpg?v=1692110169","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-fat-black-womans-poems-9780349017402","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}