{"product_id":"the-fat-black-womans-poems-9780860686354","title":"The Fat Black Woman's Poems","description":"\u003cp\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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA stunning collection of poems from prize-winning writer and poet Grace Nichols. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Beneath the folk rhythms and the lyrical simplicities, Nichols's poems preach disquiet'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Grace Nichols has wit, acidity, tenderness, any number of gifts at her disposal' \u003c\/b\u003eJeanette Winterson\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\/13\/1984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780860686354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 4.90w x 0.30d","brand":"Grace Nichols","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44848897327285,"sku":"9780860686354","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-fat-black-womans-poems-9780860686354","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}