{"product_id":"fat-black-womans-poems-1","title":"Fat Black Womans Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning collection of poems from Grace Nichols, winner of the Queen''s Gold Medal for Poetry 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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''.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Beneath the folk rhythms and the lyrical simplicities, Nichols''s poems preach disquiet''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eObserver \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Grace Nichols has wit, acidity, tenderness, any number of gifts at her disposal'' \u003c\/b\u003eJeanette Winterson\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57321778020734,"sku":"NW9780860686354","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780860686354.jpg?v=1778696081","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/fat-black-womans-poems-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}