{"product_id":"wild-beauty-9781501169946","title":"Wild Beauty","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAACP Image Award Finalist for Outstanding Literary Work\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the poet, novelist, and cultural icon behind the award-winning and extraordinary Broadway play, \u003ci\u003efor colored girls who have considered suicide\/when the rainbow is enuf, \u003c\/i\u003ecomes “a kaleidoscopic journey through black womanhood” (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) and a moving bilingual collection of new and beloved poems.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this stirring collection of more than sixty original and selected poems in both English and Spanish, Ntozake Shange shares her utterly unique, unapologetic, and deeply emotional writing that has made her one of the most iconic literary figures of our time.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWith a clear, raw, and affecting voice, Shange draws from her experience as a feminist black woman in American to craft groundbreaking poetry about pain, beauty, and color. In the bestselling tradition of Rupi Kaur’s \u003ci\u003eMilk and Honey\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWild Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e is more than a poetry collection; it is an exquisite call to action for a new generation of women, people of color, feminists, and activists to follow in the author’s footsteps in the pursuit of equality and understanding. As \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e raves, “Ntozake Shange writes with such exquisite care and beauty that anyone can relate to her message.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Acclaimed poet, playwright, and novelist Shange, takes readers on a kaleidoscopic journey through black womanhood in her first selected volume.The poems showcase vibrant narratives of black women who are neither solely saints nor sinners.”  * Publisher’s Weekly Starred Review *\u003cbr\u003e\"These powerfully swinging, jabbing, lamenting, testifying, and protesting poems deliver an array of voices sharing experiences sensual and violent, personal and communal, all catalyzed by the traumas and tragedies of racism and sexism and the transcendence of art, love, and hope.”  * Booklist Review *\u003cbr\u003e“A revelation . . Shange is as fearless as ever in poems that reveal our humanity and pain.”  * Essence *","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49531359789399,"sku":"9781501169946","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501169946.jpg?v=1731882799","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/wild-beauty-9781501169946","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}