{"product_id":"black-dont-crack-karen-mutsatsa-9798327396630","title":"Black Don't Crack: Poems on blackness and mental health","description":"\u003cb\u003eBlurb\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is my little black book of rage and pain towards my African roots and white society. I'm not on anyone's side, as an African born, Black British immigrant, I think everyone is equally problematic. As such, I had some race-related things to get off my chest, so I put them into poetry again. Here are 28 poems on my 'melanated madness', about how I continue to love myself as a person from a self-hating culture (African), that grew up in a racist society (British). \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eExcerpt poem, 'Stop playing with me 'fore I turn you into a poem' (page 44): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eFamily, society, \u003cbr\u003eThe evil deep inside of me.\u003cbr\u003eOn death, and life, and fantasy, \u003cbr\u003eI write it all to find some peace. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLoving you, my soul to keep, \u003cbr\u003eDrugs, and dreams, and nothing cheap.\u003cbr\u003eThe thoughts that make it hard to sleep, \u003cbr\u003eThe blood I bleed, the ghosts I see. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe waters, skies, plants, and trees, \u003cbr\u003eKids, beasts, my favourite beings.\u003cbr\u003eTeasing you and sexy things, \u003cbr\u003eAll your wants I turn to needs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA silenced voice that rarely speaks, \u003cbr\u003eJust in art or satin sheets.\u003cbr\u003eSometimes it gets so hard to breathe, \u003cbr\u003eTill I pop a (pen) cap, and then relief... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. Why are you so angry?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16. African Child\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19. Ebony\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22. Bantu Princess\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e25. Asante Sana, Baba naMai\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e28. Protect black women\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e31. The black woman archytype\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e35. Jigaboo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e38. King\/Queen already\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e41. Lost and Found\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e44. Stop playing with me 'fore I turn you into a poem\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e47. Melenated Madness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e50. The West, you do the most\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e53. Two can play that game \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e57. Refugee\u003cp\u003e60. At least it's not jail or crack\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e63. Freedom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e66. Don't dread these locs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e69. Ambition: the cure of the poison\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e72. Tough love\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e75. Cypher\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e78. Kill them before they grow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e81. Black power(lessness)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e84. For ghetto kids\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e87. Save me\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e90. Cypher 2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e93. A King in Plato's Cave\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e96. Growing up in inner city London: tales from my childhood\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karen Mutsatsa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798327396630\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.21d","brand":"Karen Mutsatsa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47136592920831,"sku":"9798327396630","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1d18d4e0-8f67-43cb-b71c-9ea27f102ba5.jpg?v=1755023818","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-dont-crack-karen-mutsatsa-9798327396630","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}