{"product_id":"small-altars-hardcover","title":"Small Altars - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKeli Stewart\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeli Stewart's profound, visceral and heady debut poetry collection is simultaneously autobiographical memoir and social commentary in conversation. The narrator of \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSmall Altars\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is at different times a girl learning from her elders and ancestors; a young woman coming of age; a single mother caring for her child; or a wise woman who conjures the spirits of her past. In the traditions of Gwendolyn Brooks' \u003cem\u003eA Street in Bronzeville\u003c\/em\u003e, Lucille Clifton's \u003cem\u003eGood Woman\u003c\/em\u003e, and Nikki Giovanni's \u003cem\u003eLove Poems\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSmall Altars\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e renders this self-portrait in spirals and snapshots-sometimes with humor, sometimes with sentiment and memory-about the body, desire, motherhood and place around her identity as a Black woman while awakening keen observations of her ancestors with a griot's voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Black folks are not linear, we dip and dive into our lives, and there is 'layering' here,\" says Stewart, a writer from Chicago's West Side, about the structure of \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSmall Altars\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e. From the images of a struggling young mother in \u003cem\u003ewe accept LINK\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMeditation for Poor Mothers\u003c\/em\u003e to the humorous instances in \u003cem\u003eMissionary Haiku\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSelf-portrait: Me with Hair Like Frederick Douglass\u003c\/em\u003e to the reflective portrayal in \u003cem\u003eMy Grandfather Would Cry\u003c\/em\u003e to the raw recall of awakening sexuality in \u003cem\u003epink things\u003c\/em\u003e, Stewart's collection illuminates conversations between the facets of one woman's experiences to define the shape of her years, and stands as an inspiring exploration of gender, race and class in contemporary American life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 24, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42705669423167,"sku":"9781952427220","price":34.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/df7e7b49abf0327b1f2ffc5cdc29a311.webp?v=1765037609","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/small-altars-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}