{"product_id":"the-fat-black-womans-poems-9780860686354","title":"The Fat Black Woman's Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeauty \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eis a fat black woman \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ewalking the fields \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003epressing a breezed \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ehibiscus \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eto her cheek\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ewhile the sun lights up \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eher feet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA stunning collection of poems from prize-winning writer and poet Grace Nichols. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNichols gives us images that stare us straight in the eye, images of joy, challenge, accusation. Her 'fat black woman' is brash; rejoices in herself; poses awkward questions to politicians, rulers, suitors, to a white world that still turns its back. Grace Nichols writes in a language that is wonderfully vivid yet economical of the pleasures and sadnesses of memory, of loving, of 'the power to be what I am, a woman, charting my own futures'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnquestionably one of our most important living poets'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ei-D magazine \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Not only rich music, an easy lyricism, but also grit, and earthy honesty, a willingness to be vulnerable and clean' \u003c\/b\u003eGwendolyn Brooks \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Beneath the folk rhythms and the lyrical simplicities, Nichols's poems preach disquiet'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Grace Nichols has wit, acidity, tenderness, any number of gifts at her disposal' \u003c\/b\u003eJeanette Winterson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in 1950 in Guyana, where she grew up, Grace Nichols worked as a jounalist and reporter. She came to Britain in 1977 and has published several children's books. Her cycle of poems, I IS A LONG MEMORIED WOMAN, won the 1983 Commonwealth Poetry Prize.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Virago Press (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50929023910162,"sku":"9780860686354","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e7b69bcc-b31f-4320-b46b-ae0303c7a568.jpg?v=1739028210","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-fat-black-womans-poems-9780860686354","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}