{"product_id":"v-anastacia-renee-9781939568342","title":"(V.)","description":"In 1974, when Ntozake Shange first released the cannon of Black girl magic known as \u003ci\u003eFor colored girls who have considered suicide \/ when the rainbow is enuf\u003c\/i\u003e, her opening stanza was a call to all of us. \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"somebody \/ anybody \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esing a black girl's song \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebring her out \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto know herself ...\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is answer to that call. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnastacia-Reneéeacute;'s words frame so many questions: what is sacred, what is beauty, what is tragedy, what rites of passage have we endured to be initiated into the complexities of our humanity? These poems read like rituals, invoking ancestors and Becky alike in a nuanced honest reflection of this time in life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese poems are stories of blackness, of queerness, of womanhood, and of all the identities we hold externally and internally that create the tapestry of who we are and who we want to be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anastacia Renee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 193956834X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781939568342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Ocean\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.90w x 0.40d","brand":"Anastacia Renee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48800642367743,"sku":"9781939568342","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/v-anastacia-renee-9781939568342","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}