{"product_id":"the-kitchen-dwellers-testimony-paperback-1","title":"The Kitchen-Dweller's Testimony - 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\u003eLadan Osman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKwame Dawes\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets, \u003ci\u003eThe Kitchen-Dweller's Testimony\u003c\/i\u003e asks: Whose testimony is valid? Whose testimony is worth recording? Osman's speakers, who are almost always women, assert and reassert in an attempt to establish authority, often through persistent questioning. Specters of race, displacement, and colonialism are often present in her work, providing momentum for speakers to reach beyond their primary, apparent dimensions and better communicate. \u003ci\u003eThe Kitchen-Dweller's Testimony\u003c\/i\u003e is about love and longing, divorce, distilled desire, and all the ways we injure ourselves and one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLadan Osman's work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Life in Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArtful Dodge\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNarrative Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRHINO\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVinyl Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. Her chapbook, \u003ci\u003eOrdinary Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e, appears in \u003ci\u003eSeven New Generation African Poets: A Chapbook boxed set\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Chicago. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 108\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47350567043321,"sku":"9780803266865","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/SmdIdWY3RXczVG1rQWsvT0tPUTVBdz09_13935d7a-cf09-4880-aad4-1c3ff8016f4e.webp?v=1769786905","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-kitchen-dwellers-testimony-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}