{"product_id":"against-heaven-kemi-alabi-9781644450826","title":"Against Heaven: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Academy of American Poets First Book Award, selected by Claudia Rankine. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKemi Alabi's transcendent debut reimagines the poetic and cultural traditions from which it is born, troubling the waters of some of our country's central and ordained fictions--those mythic politics of respectability, resilience, and redemption. Instead of turning to a salvation that has been forced upon them, Alabi turns to the body and the earth as sites of paradise defined by the pleasure and possibility of Black, queer fugitivity. Through tender love poems, righteous prayers, and vital provocations, we see the colonizers we carry within ourselves being laid to rest. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgainst Heaven \u003c\/i\u003eis a praise song made for the flames of a burning empire--a freedom dream that shapeshifts into boundless multiplicities for the wounds made in the name of White supremacy and its gods. Alabi has written an astonishing collection of magnificent range, commanding the full spectrum of the Black, queer spirit's capacity for magic, love, and ferocity in service of healing--the highest power there is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kemi Alabi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1644450828\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644450826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 7.09w x 0.27d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2022 pg. 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/27\/2022","brand":"Kemi Alabi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049299833087,"sku":"9781644450826","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_78572566-3d6c-41a2-a1f2-32ec0740b847.jpg?v=1685000784","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/against-heaven-kemi-alabi-9781644450826","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}