{"product_id":"the-delicacy-of-embracing-spirals-paperback","title":"The Delicacy of Embracing Spirals - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMimi Tempestt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe delicacy of embracing spirals\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the ways in which the personal narrative of Black queer womanhood can be expressed through, a radically human lens. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"mimi tempestt writes like a third testament in which God (or our understanding) finally matures. Like a painter longed for by a million canvasses. No peer. No rival. Just a cosmos enjoyed by friends; alive in the most exciting mind of our generation.\"\u003cb\u003e--Tongo Eisen-Martin, author of \u003ci\u003eBlood on the Fog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a visual sensibility that explodes across the page, the collection begins with microcosmic poems of personal struggle and spirals out to macrocosmic texts of social and political critique. The book culminates in a fantastic account of the staging of a play with life-threatening consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003emimi tempestt\u003c\/b\u003e (she\/they) is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, and \u003cbr\u003edaughter of California. She has a M.A. in Literature from Mills College, \u003cbr\u003e and is currently a doctoral candidate in the Creative\/Critical Ph.D. in\u003cbr\u003e Literature at UC Santa Cruz. Her new book is \u003ci\u003ethe delicacy of embracing spirals\u003c\/i\u003e, published by City Lights in October 2023. mimi's first book, \u003ci\u003ethe monumental misrememberings\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003e was published with Co-Conspirator Press\/\/The Feminist Center for \u003cbr\u003eCreative Work in 2020. In 2021, she was selected for participation in \u003cbr\u003ethe Lambda Literary Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices \u0026amp; \u003cbr\u003eWriters, and was a Creative Fellow at The Ruby in San Francisco. Her \u003cbr\u003eworks can be found in \u003ci\u003eFoglifter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInterim Poetics\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Studio Museum in Harlem. A native of Los Angeles, she currently resides in Berkeley, CA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764584349984,"sku":"9780872869257","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/799183f4426446cc415c81452b486060.webp?v=1780252844","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-delicacy-of-embracing-spirals-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}