{"product_id":"thefat-black-womans-poems-by-nichols-grace-author-on-sep131984-paperback-9780860686354","title":"TheFat Black Womans Poems by Nichols Grace","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeliciously inert and self contented, the fat black woman mocks oppression by the scandal of being herself... * INDEPENDENT on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eRun naturally and economically off the tongue. Beneath the folk rhythms and the lyrical simplicities, Nichols's poems preach disquiet * OBSERVER *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884817822039,"sku":"9780860686354","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780860686354.jpg?v=1722533597","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/thefat-black-womans-poems-by-nichols-grace-author-on-sep131984-paperback-9780860686354","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}