{"product_id":"a-more-perfect-union-paperback-4","title":"A More Perfect Union - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTeri Ellen Cross Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist, 2022 Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the tender, sensual, and bracing poems of \u003ci\u003ea more perfect Union\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e Teri Ellen Cross Davis reclaims the experience of living and mothering while Black in contemporary America, centering Black women's pleasure by wresting it away from the relentless commodification of the White gaze. Cross Davis deploys stunning emotional range to uplift the mundane, interrogate the status quo, and ultimately create her own goddesses. Parenting, lust, household chores--all are fair game for Cross Davis's gimlet eye. Whether honoring her grief for Prince's passing while examining his role in midwifing her sexual awakening or contemplating travel and the gamble of being Black across this wide world, these poems tirelessly seek a path out of the labyrinth to hope.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeri Ellen Cross Davis is the author of \u003ci\u003eHaint: poems\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of the 2017 Ohioana Book Award for Poetry. She is a Cave Canem Fellow and works as the Poetry Coordinator for the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 74\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 10, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47351599694073,"sku":"9780814257784","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/S3B2R2U1SlQxM1RpaFNuSk0zODVCUT09.webp?v=1769800612","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-more-perfect-union-paperback-4","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}