{"product_id":"i-shimmer-sometimes-too-paperback","title":"I Shimmer Sometimes, Too - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePorsha Olayiwola\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePorsha Olayiwola's debut poetry collection soars with the power and presence of live performance. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese poems dip their hands into the fabric of black womanhood and revel in it. \u003ci\u003eShimmer\u003c\/i\u003e establishes Olayiwola firmly in the lineage of black queer poetics, celebrating the work done by generations of poets from Audre Lorde to Danez Smith. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach poem is a gentle breaking and an inventive reconstruction. This is a book of self and community-care―in pursuit of building a world that will not only keep you alive but will keep you joyful. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Advance praise for \u003ci\u003e i shimmer sometime, too \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Porsha Olayiwola's capable hands, language becomes elastic, becomes kaleidoscopic. \u003ci\u003ei shimmer sometimes, too\u003c\/i\u003e is cinematic, is magic, and graceful education in the possibilities of form \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Safia Elillo, Author Of The January Children\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn language that is both pungent and poignant, Porsha Olayiwola plumbs a dispora of resilience, rich in ringshouts and inner-city blues chanted to the sky. \u003ci\u003ei shimmer sometimes, too\u003c\/i\u003e is luminous indeed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Jabari Asim, Author of We Can't Breathe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach poem is a lesson, a story, a mirror that Olayiwola holds up to ensure we pay attention to that which we may have overlooked. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Clint Smith, Author of Counting Descent \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.6 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700439027775,"sku":"9781943735457","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/48eb3d85e7a32275a977503712233267.webp?v=1765016746","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/i-shimmer-sometimes-too-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}