Grocery Shopping With My Mother

Grocery Shopping With My Mother
Kevin Powell
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Hardback
h209 x 139mm - 192pg
6 Dec 2022 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9781593767433
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"Kevin Powell returns with a poetic time capsule written with love in honor of his mother' s evolution. Powell investigates the nature of our country' s oppression through the generational wounds survived and passed on. These poems are a testament to the healing work of Kevin Powell, as they revel in the power of forgiveness, abundance, and lineage. " -Mahogany L. Browne, Lincoln Center' s inaugural poet in residence and author of Vinyl MoonWhen Kevin Powell' s elderly mother became ill, he returned home every week to take her grocery shopping in Jersey City. Walking behind her during those trips, Powell began to hear her voice, stories, and language in a new way-examining his own healing while praying for hers. Grocery Shopping with My Mother originated as social media posts about these visits and evolved into a breathtaking collection of thirty-two new poems, crafted like an album, plus four bonus tracks celebrating a great love of wordplay. Culturally rooted in the literary traditions of Ntozake Shange and Allen Ginsberg, Powell' s poems honor the likes of V (formerly Eve Ensler), bell hooks, and Sidney Poitier. Grocery Shopping with My Mother dives into the complexities of relationships and contemporary themes with honesty and vulnerability. Creatively and spiritually inspired by Stevie Wonder' s Songs in the Key of Life, Powell' s poems shift in form and style, from praise chants to reverential meditations to, most importantly, innovative hope.
"Kevin Powell' s forthcoming poetry collection started on social media and evolved into 32 new poems in conversation with Stevie Wonder, Sidney Poitier, bell hooks, and many more cultural icons. As he accompanies his elderly and ill mother on her weekly grocery trips in Jersey City, he hears her in a new way, and brings those stories to us in this innovative, poignant collection. " -Eliza Smith, A Literary Hub Most Anticipated Book of the Year "Kevin Powell returns with a poetic time capsule written with love in honor of his mother' s evolution. Powell investigates the nature of our country' s oppression through the generational wounds survived and passed on. These poems are a testament to the healing work of Kevin Powell, as they revel in the power of forgiveness, abundance, and lineage. " -Mahogany L. Browne, Lincoln Center' s Inaugural Poet-in-Residence; author of Vinyl Moon
KEVIN POWELL is one of the most acclaimed political, cultural, literary, and hip-hop voices in the United States. A poet, journalist, civil and human rights activist, and filmmaker, he is the author of fourteen previous books. Powell' s next title will be a biography of Tupac Shakur. A native of Jersey City, New Jersey, he lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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