{"product_id":"song-for-almeyda-and-song-gayl-jones-9780807029909","title":"Song for Almeyda and Song for Anninho","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Jones's great achievement is to reckon with both history and interiority, and to collapse the boundary between them.\"--Anna Wiener, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the highly acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eCorregidora\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Healing\u003c\/i\u003e--two epic poems, the love songs of fugitive slaves, set in 17th-century Brazil; continuing the unforgettable journey told in Gayl Jones's masterwork, \u003ci\u003ePalmares\u003c\/i\u003e (2021)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGayl Jones, the novelist Toni Morrison discovered decades ago and Tayari Jones recently called her favorite writer, offers 2 books in one with this volume of poetry. Jones renders the saga of Palmares, a foundational tale in the annals of colonial terrorism and Black resistance, in verse, told in the voices of the characters in her epic novel \u003ci\u003ePalmares\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the late 17th century, the fugitive slave enclave of Palmares was destroyed by Portuguese colonists. Amid the flight and re-enslavement of Palmares's inhabitants emerges the love story of Almeyda and Anninho. In \u003ci\u003eSong for Anninho\u003c\/i\u003e, Almeyda moves between a dark present, in which she is once again enslaved and abused by a terrible captor, and memories of her lover, Anninho, whom she believes to have been killed. \u003ci\u003eSong for Almeyda\u003c\/i\u003e, released now for the first time, is told in the voices of Anninho and his fellow warriors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFans of \u003ci\u003eCorregidora\u003c\/i\u003e (one of the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Best Books We Read in 2020\" picks), which tracked the legacy of enslavement, and \u003ci\u003ePalmares\u003c\/i\u003e will especially appreciate these verses. Brimming with intimacy, history, and revolution, the poems collected serve as a declaration of decolonial love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gayl Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807029904\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807029909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon 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 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2022 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2022","brand":"Gayl Jones","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44050915000575,"sku":"9780807029909","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a9f9724b-c57a-48b0-916c-43c90eaab750.jpg?v=1685009990","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/song-for-almeyda-and-song-gayl-jones-9780807029909","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}