{"product_id":"blues-doula-meta-commerse-9780578587691","title":"Blues Doula: Poems by Meta Commerse","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection of 26 poems is organized in three sections: Homage, Emote, Home. The intention of the writing is healing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Foreword: \u003c\/strong\u003e Blues Doulal invites you into Meta Commerse's life. If you accept the invitation, you agree to enter a Black woman's herstory; poems about everyday acts and thoughts that witness what make Black life and living painful and joyful...everywhere that Black women live. Most of all, these poems are Meta's witnessing, documenting the transformation and healing of herself through individual and historical traumas, and the struggles to acknowledge how and why they are connected and continual. -- \u003cem\u003eMaria Hamilton Abegunde\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Introduction: \u003c\/strong\u003e My great grandmother introduced me to poetry while doing my hair and feeding me. My elder Chicago Black poets, including my mother, expounded\/built upon that foundation. Encouraging teachers and mentors helped me write until I learnd to extract a personal medicine from my words, in the way of my ancestors. Writing offered me voice in the day of Black Girl silencing. Poetry writing became spiritual practice and self-love, a kind of music I regularly stop to enjoy. -- M.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Meta Commerse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0578587696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780578587691\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Story Medicine Worldwide Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.17d","brand":"Meta Commerse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44126316953855,"sku":"9780578587691","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a97a72f9-696a-4e07-8e75-9f78cdbe5fa7.jpg?v=1687447494","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blues-doula-meta-commerse-9780578587691","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}