{"product_id":"i-shimmer-sometimes-too-9781943735457","title":"I Shimmer Sometimes, Too","description":"\u003cb\u003ePorsha Olayiwola's debut poetry collection soars with the power and presence of live performance. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese poems dip their hands into the fabric of black womanhood and revel in it. \u003ci\u003eShimmer\u003c\/i\u003e establishes Olayiwola firmly in the lineage of black queer poetics, celebrating the work done by generations of poets from Audre Lorde to Danez Smith. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach poem is a gentle breaking and an inventive reconstruction. This is a book of self and community-care―in pursuit of building a world that will not only keep you alive but will keep you joyful. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Advance praise for \u003ci\u003e i shimmer sometime, too \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Porsha Olayiwola's capable hands, language becomes elastic, becomes kaleidoscopic. \u003ci\u003ei shimmer sometimes, too\u003c\/i\u003e is cinematic, is magic, and graceful education in the possibilities of form \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Safia Elillo, Author Of The January Children\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn language that is both pungent and poignant, Porsha Olayiwola plumbs a dispora of resilience, rich in ringshouts and inner-city blues chanted to the sky. \u003ci\u003ei shimmer sometimes, too\u003c\/i\u003e is luminous indeed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Jabari Asim, Author of We Can't Breathe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach poem is a lesson, a story, a mirror that Olayiwola holds up to ensure we pay attention to that which we may have overlooked. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Clint Smith, Author of Counting Descent \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOlayiwola, Porsha:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Porsha Olayiwola is a writer, performer, educator and curator who uses afro-futurism and surrealism to examine historical and current issues in the Black, woman, and queer diasporas. She is an Individual World Poetry Slam Champion and is the current poet laureate for the city of Boston.","brand":"Button Poetry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613352104210,"sku":"9781943735457","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ffa53b06-6ecb-4b73-8200-e64f57d2a56c.jpg?v=1732397144","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/i-shimmer-sometimes-too-9781943735457","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}