{"product_id":"mausoleum-of-flowers-9781933880914","title":"Mausoleum of Flowers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poetry collection that celebrates Black culture, creativity, and memory.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e From Kendrick to Kanye, to a Sunday in Oakland with Frank Ocean’s falsetto in the foreground, \u003ci\u003eMausoleum of Flowers\u003c\/i\u003e is still life set against the backdrop of demise. Daniel Summerhill’s sophomore collection grabs fate by the throat and confronts it. What does it mean to continue living when your friends are dying beside you? This collection melds an exploration of spirituality and rebellion with Black tradition. Summerhill’s poems invite the reader near in order to self-excavate and explore tones of loss, love, and light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A writer, who, indeed, ‘may have God’s attention.’ What a blessing it is to see Daniel B. Summerhill render his memory, in grace, in ugliness, and most importantly, in hue. These poems, though new to us, have simmered in season, and in sun. What an amazing Black writer, unafraid to wrap himself in his own language. Summerhill asks questions in his work that, today, I cannot answer, so I must return.” * Jasmine Mans, author of 'Black Girl, Call Home' *\u003cbr\u003e“The assemblage of poems in Daniel Summerhill’s \u003ci\u003eMausoleum of Flowers\u003c\/i\u003e creates an umbrella of memory through which language becomes the salve, the armor that allows these words to resurrect into something beautiful by living and reliving history. These poems are aware and cognizant of a social condition where silence is not an option; and yet, the poems are tender and loving—aesthetic beauty on the poet’s terms.” * Randall Horton, author of '#289-128: Poems' *\u003cbr\u003e“Summerhill’s name precedes him, in the world of these poems, where Black folks are ‘basking in the sun around lake merritt,’ where the speakers ‘bleed \u0026amp; flowers bloom. . . American fruit.’ This is a voice speaking from, not a voice speaking for. A voice declaring ‘i, too, am perennial.’ It is the poet’s eye that redeems, making lists of what is blooming around him: an old Buick’s exhaust cloud, a collarbone forming ‘in a mother’s round belly,’ a Frank Ocean chord progression. Nothing is left out here, not even fear, and everything that remains flowers. Reading these poems—I remember who we are, I notice redemption more. Summerhill muses on the specter of death called America, but in a place called Oakland his verse is ‘very much alive.’” * Joy Priest, author of 'Horsepower' *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003edo not gather flowers for me\u003cbr\u003ewading \u003cbr\u003ewhen we say it’s in us, not on us\u003cbr\u003esunday in oakland\u003cbr\u003eamerica is the only living thing that don’t complain when the rain doesn’t come\u003cbr\u003eenoch’s second trip to earth\u003cbr\u003e“oh” for oh\u003cbr\u003eshoutin’\u003cbr\u003efear (after kendrick lamar)\u003cbr\u003ei used to believe there wasn’t anything a Black woman’s prayer couldn’t fix\u003cbr\u003efrank’s opus: poolside convo erasure\u003cbr\u003emama\u003cbr\u003eon deciding to leave my tail out\u003cbr\u003efrank’s opus: nikes\u003cbr\u003ethrill is gone\u003cbr\u003e\/\/\u003cbr\u003ephototaxis\u003cbr\u003enomenclature\u003cbr\u003efor damion\u003cbr\u003ecayendo\u003cbr\u003efootnotes for kanye (after jasmine mans)\u003cbr\u003efrank’s opus: pink + orange\u003cbr\u003easking for a friend feat: chris abani \u0026amp; danez smith\u003cbr\u003esitting in a wicker chair against floral wallpaper in oakland heat\u003cbr\u003eenlarge my territory\u003cbr\u003ehow the quiet won’t stop moving long enough to be held\u003cbr\u003efrank’s opus: solo\u003cbr\u003e\/\/\u003cbr\u003elove is the result of attempting to stay\u003cbr\u003ebouquet\u003cbr\u003eno one told me the world was on fire\u003cbr\u003egeography (after tjawangwa dema)\u003cbr\u003efrank’s opus: skyline to\u003cbr\u003ebaldwin discovers pepsi on sale\u003cbr\u003esitting in a wicker chair against floral wallpaper in oakland heat\u003cbr\u003ehow to spell redemption\u003cbr\u003einterloping  \u003cbr\u003efrank’s opus: self-control\u003cbr\u003echile’ as in you\u003cbr\u003esalvation\u003cbr\u003enobody loves me but my mother \u0026amp; she could be jivin’ too \u003cbr\u003e\/\/   \u003cbr\u003efrank’s opus: nights\u003cbr\u003elanguage for exhaustion\u003cbr\u003ebelching\u003cbr\u003efrank’s opus: solo reprise erasure\u003cbr\u003econsidering the defense production act\u003cbr\u003ein defense of survival\u003cbr\u003esitting in a wicker chair against floral wallpaper in oakland heat\u003cbr\u003efrank’s opus: godspeed\u003cbr\u003emausoleum of flowers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003enotes","brand":"CavanKerry Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49536128909655,"sku":"9781933880914","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781933880914.jpg?v=1731901039","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mausoleum-of-flowers-9781933880914","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}