{"product_id":"body-not-my-own-paperback","title":"Body Not My Own - 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\u003eTanque R. Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBody Not My Own \u003c\/em\u003eis a poetic journey into the minds and hearts of Africans who endured and overcame slavery in the United States. With a truly astonishing imagination and a capacity for empathy that reaches back three centuries, the poet evokes the worldview, daily survival strategies, and rituals that Africans conceived in order to endure and transcend a system that ravaged their human identity, dignity and agency. Through the poet's exquisitely drawn imagery, we are inside plantation culture, witnessing the pervasive violence, hearing the whispers of anger, observing the tenderness of lovers, and learning about the dreams that offered respite to each day's brutality. These powerful poems offer insight into the historic resolve, self-determination and resilience of the enslaved African community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eClackamas Literary Review, \u003ci\u003e Connecticut River Review, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWest Trade Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eColere\u003c\/i\u003e. Her poetry speaks powerfully of race, class and African American history, from the slavery era to the present. Her first collection of poems was entitled \u003ci\u003eWoman in Transition\u003c\/i\u003e.\" data-fwclientid=\"copytextedition__OnixBiography\" data-preservehtmlbullets=\"0\" data-allowlists=\"0\" data-crlfsubmit=\"1\" autocomplete=\"off\" spellcheck=\"false\" class=\"field_input_main field_input_copytext field_input_copytext_body copytextheight-large field_input_disabled fieldkeycheck-setup copytext-setup\" contenteditable=\"false\"\u0026gt;Tanque R. Jones lives in Knoxville, TN, where she earned an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Tennessee. Her poems have been published in \u003ci\u003eClackamas Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Connecticut River Review, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWest Trade Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eColere\u003c\/i\u003e. Her poetry speaks powerfully of race, class and African American history, from the slavery era to the present. Her first collection of poems was entitled \u003ci\u003eWoman in Transition\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 81\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 09, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47351733125369,"sku":"9780940713291","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/QVk2cDl6ak15UnVwOGtTVzkwbDFLZz09.webp?v=1769800871","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/body-not-my-own-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}