{"product_id":"the-fat-black-womans-poems-grace-nichols-9780349017402","title":"The Fat Black Woman's Poems","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeauty \u003cbr\u003e is a fat black woman \u003cbr\u003e walking the fields \u003cbr\u003e pressing a breezed \u003cbr\u003e hibiscus \u003cbr\u003e to her cheek \u003cbr\u003e while the sun lights up \u003cbr\u003e her feet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nichols gives us images that stare us straight in the eye, images of joy, challenge, accusation. Her 'fat black woman' is brash; rejoices in herself; poses awkward questions to politicians, rulers, suitors, to a white world that still turns its back. Grace Nichols writes in a language that is wonderfully vivid yet economical of the pleasures and sadnesses of memory, of loving, of 'the power to be what I am, a woman, charting my own futures'. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Grace Nichols\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0349017409\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780349017402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Virago Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 4.90w x 0.50d","brand":"Grace Nichols","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44190548328703,"sku":"9780349017402","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f362436c-8869-4967-9d2e-0631f4cde8c7.jpg?v=1690871130","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-fat-black-womans-poems-grace-nichols-9780349017402","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}