{"product_id":"black-venus-fly-trap-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRich, Jeanetta:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jeanetta Rich is a mother and poet based in Los Angeles. Her work focuses on the emotional lives of voiceless women, those who have been silenced through poverty and\/or lack of education. Her work was recently featured in Texte zur Kunst's 30th Anniversary issue, The Feminist. Black Venus Fly Trap is her debut poetry collection.","brand":"Deluge Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726888046866,"sku":"9781736210420","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5e98cbe4-ee46-46a6-9203-bed6554486f8.jpg?v=1734888566","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/black-venus-fly-trap-9781736210420","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}