{"product_id":"mama-phife-represents-a-memoir-9781642592665","title":"Mama Phife Represents: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAward-winning poet Cheryl Boyce-Taylor pays tribute to her departed son Malik 'Phife Dawg' Taylor of the legendary hip-hop trio A Tribe Called Quest in this intimate collection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMama Phife Represents\u003c\/em\u003e is a hybrid-story that follows the journey of a mother's grieving heart through her first two years of public and private mourning. Told through a tapestry of narrative poems, dreams, anecdotes, journal entries, and letters, these treasured fragments of their lives show a great love between mother and son. Artist and artist, teacher and friend. Cheryl Boyce-Taylor's gift includes drawings, emails, hip-hop lyrics, and notes Malik wrote to his parents beginning at age eight. Both elegy and praise song, there is joy and sorrow, healing, and a mother's triumphant heart that rises and blooms again. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMama Phife Represents\u003c\/i\u003e has been awarded the 2022 Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry by The Publishing Triangle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCheryl Boyce-Taylor is a poet and teaching artist. She earned an MFA from Stonecoast at the University of Southern Maine and an MSW from Fordham University. Her collections of poetry include \u003cem\u003eRaw Air \u003c\/em\u003e(2000), \u003cem\u003eNight When Moon Follows \u003c\/em\u003e(2000), \u003cem\u003eConvincing the Body \u003c\/em\u003e(2005), and \u003cem\u003eArrival\u003c\/em\u003e(2017), which was a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe founder and curator of Calypso Muse and the Glitter Pomegranate Performance Series, Boyce-Taylor is also a poetry judge for the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice. She has led workshops for Cave Canem, \u003cem\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers\u003c\/em\u003e, and the Caribbean Literary and Cultural Center. Her poetry has been commissioned by The Joyce Theater and the National Endowment for the Arts for Ronald K. Brown's Evidence, A Dance Company.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoyce-Taylor is the recipient of the 2015 Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Writers For Writers Award and a VONA fellow. Her life papers and portfolio are stored at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50371831890194,"sku":"9781642592665","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7c5343b9-7ce8-4295-b14e-aa0e5a8a5c1b.jpg?v=1761038211","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mama-phife-represents-a-memoir-9781642592665","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}