{"product_id":"mamaseko-9781496219602","title":"'Mamaseko","description":"Named after the poet's mother, \u003ci\u003e'mamaseko\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of introspective lyrics and other poems dealing with the intersections of blood relationships and related identities. Thabile Makue questions what it means to be beings of blood--to relate by blood, to live by blood. In her poems Makue looks for traces of shared trauma and pain and asserts that wounds of the blood are healed by the same. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThabile Makue\u003c\/b\u003e is a South African healer, facilitator, and writer at \u003ci\u003eAfroElle\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. She was the 2016-17 Current State of Poetry National South African Slam champion. Her debut collection, \u003ci\u003ei know how to fix myself\u003c\/i\u003e, was released in 2017 by the African Poetry Book Fund as part of their New-Generation African Poets chapbook box set \u003ci\u003eNne\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has been included in multiple journals as well as \u003ci\u003e20.35 Africa: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50368813334802,"sku":"9781496219602","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_49c95397-4048-4b8f-afe6-44b493a07726.jpg?v=1728515174","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mamaseko-9781496219602","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}