{"product_id":"blues-legacy-paperback","title":"Blues Legacy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJacquese Armstrong\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlues Legacy\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of poems inspired by and celebrating various genres of African American music. The poet's voice is stark and clear; her lines are uncompromisingly lean and powerful, evoking the deepest, tenacious strains of African American political resistance and endurance. As the poetry moves along in familiar, everyday images, the poet peels back outer layers of experience to reveal the tender, vulnerable, striving energy of a people. \u003cem\u003eBlues Legacy\u003c\/em\u003e refers, then, to a revered music heritage, yes, but also to a way of life fashioned over centuries, characterized by the rhythms of perseverance, self-determination, and affirmation of beauty that have kept the people and their culture alive and evolving. While the poet honors this ancestral past, she also points to the future, appealing to African American women especially to empower themselves, and step confidently into their roles as community torchbearers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacquese Armstrong is a poet\/writer residing in Central New Jersey. Her first poetry chapbook, \u003ci\u003edance of the shadows\u003c\/i\u003e, was released June 2017. She has been published in \u003ci\u003eFor Harriet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Gathering of the Tribes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rising Phoenix Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack Magnolias Literary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOurselves\/Black.\u003c\/i\u003e Ms. Armstrong was a 2015 recipient of the Ambassador Award from the State of New Jersey Governor's Council on Mental Health Stigma for promoting wellness and recovery and reducing stigma through the arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 76\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.22 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722175746111,"sku":"9780940713277","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f232485f0623a03a61a51d8b45b46f19.webp?v=1765094870","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/blues-legacy-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}