{"product_id":"black-venus-fly-trap-jeanetta-rich-9781736210420","title":"Black Venus Fly Trap","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA shocking debut poetry collection that invites readers to grapple with the origins of a world that both hates and needs Black women. A disruptive hagiography of the Black Venus \u0026amp; Sapphire, mammy bulldaggers, and welfare queens, Rich's collection splendidly desecrates poetic elitism. \u003cem\u003eBlack Venus Fly Trap\u003c\/em\u003e is an eldritch account of Black femininity simultaneously born from the chorus of refusal and unlike anything written before. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"That frisson of realness, the unsayable that can be lost when we ask language to convey the infinite interiority of the black woman-\u003cem\u003eBlack Venus Fly Trap\u003c\/em\u003e rescues it.\" - Doreen St. Felix\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jeanetta Rich's writing doesn't sit on the page, it oozes over your psyche. Fearless and complex, defiant and radiant! I love it.\" - Kim Gordon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jeanetta Rich once told me that as a child she used to spend hours staring at a painting of the beheading of Saint John the Baptist. Black Venus Flytrap is like that painting: splendid and profane and entirely just. Jeanetta's writing turns each page into a museum of art and we are lucky to admire it. It's exquisite and it stings-which is how you know it's working.\" - Elaine Kahn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeanetta Rich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1736210424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781736210420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Deluge Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 62\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 4.25w x 0.13d","brand":"Jeanetta Rich","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050911854847,"sku":"9781736210420","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_50765273-c8a9-4a4f-b279-43af77786473.jpg?v=1685009973","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-venus-fly-trap-jeanetta-rich-9781736210420","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}