{"product_id":"hood-vacations-9781625570444","title":"Hood Vacations","description":"Michal \" MJ\" Jones' debut \u003ci\u003eHood Vacations\u003c\/i\u003e is a rhythmic \u0026amp; quiet rumbling - an unflinching recollection of Blackness, queerness, gender, and violence through lenses of family lineage and confessional narrative. A nostalgia for an unreachable home permeates these poems: \" We were mighty beautiful once, in golden dust.\" The speaker of \u003ci\u003eHood Vacations\u003c\/i\u003e tells of magic: of praying mantises, bathtub octopuses, Black ghosts, \u0026amp; bringing back \" rainbow soap colors\" . It is a book of passing - as, through, and on. Hop on in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichal \"MJ\" Jones is a Pushcart Prize nominated poet \u0026amp; parent in Richmond, CA. Their poems have appeared in \u003cem\u003eAnomaly, Kissing Dynamite, TriQuarterly Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u0026amp; \u003cem\u003ewildness\u003c\/em\u003e. Often addressing the troubling and haunting aspects of life, violence, and identity, MJ's work blends the lyrical, documentary, and confessional modes. MJ serves as the Editor-In-Chief of Foglifter Press, a premier journal publishing trans and queer writers. They have received fellowships from Lambda Literary, Hurston\/Wright Foundation, VONA\/Voices, \u0026amp; Kearny Street Workshop. They received their MFA in Creative Writing, Poetry from Mills College, where they received the distinguished Community Engagement Fellowship. They founded \u0026amp; currently facilitate Litany!, a monthly workshop for a cohort of Black queer poets.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Black Lawrence Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50554878066962,"sku":"9781625570444","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_315af120-744b-49be-8911-8af9e73d4f9b.jpg?v=1731725083","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hood-vacations-9781625570444","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}