{"product_id":"she-tries-her-tongue-her-silence-softly-breaks-9781778430756","title":"She Tries Her Tongue; Her Silence Softly Breaks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrilliant, lyrical, and passionate, this collection from the acclaimed poet m. nourbeSe philip is an extended jazz riff running along the themes of language, racism, colonialism, and exile.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this groundbreaking collection, philip defiantly challenges and resoundingly overthrows the silencing of black women through appropriation of language, offering no less than superb poetry resonant with beauty and strength. \u003ci\u003eShe Tries Her Tongue; Her Silence Softly Breaks\u003c\/i\u003e was originally published in 1989 and won the Casa de Las Americas Prize. This new edition includes an introduction by Katherine McKittrick.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003em. nourbeSe philip\u003c\/b\u003e is a renowned poet, essayist, and playwright, and practiced law for seven years before becoming a writer. She received the 2020 PEN\/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature, as well as the 2021 Molson Prize, the Canada Council for the Arts' lifetime achievement award, for her \"invaluable contributions to literature.\" Born in Tobago, she lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatherine McKittrick\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Gender Studies and Canada Research Chair in Black Studies at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada. She authored \u003ci\u003eDear Science and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (DUP, 2021), and \u003ci\u003eDemonic Grounds: Black Women and the Cartographies of Struggle\u003c\/i\u003e (UMP, 2006). She also edited and contributed to \u003ci\u003eSylvia Wynter: On Being Human as Praxis\u003c\/i\u003e (DUP, 2015) and \u003ci\u003eHeartbreak and Other Geographies\u003c\/i\u003e (UMP, 2026). Recent collaborative projects include the limited-edition boxset \u003ci\u003eTrick Not Telos\u003c\/i\u003e (2023), the limited-edition hand-made book \u003ci\u003eTwenty Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e (2024), and the installation honouring nourbeSe philip \u003ci\u003eA Smile Split by the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e (2025).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Invisible Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52197168414994,"sku":"9781778430756","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b245e0fc-288c-47ab-8c36-88bca2a615e5.jpg?v=1776164532","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/she-tries-her-tongue-her-silence-softly-breaks-9781778430756","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}