{"product_id":"the-limitless-heart-new-and-selected-poems-1997-2022-paperback","title":"The Limitless Heart: New and Selected Poems (1997-2022) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCheryl Boyce-Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEncompassing the breadth of Cheryl Boyce-Taylor's astounding career, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Limitless Heart\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e is a time capsule of the boundless love, care, grief, and fortitude that make her work so stirring.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eWith deep empathy, thoughtfulness, charisma, and lyricism, Boyce-Taylor's work explores questions of immigration, motherhood, and queer sensuality, among other themes. Grief is both an anchor and a door throughout Boyce-Taylor's poetry, as seen in \u003cem\u003eMama Phife Represents\u003c\/em\u003e, a hybrid of memoir and verse on the death of her son, Malik \"Phife Dawg\" Taylor of A Tribe Called Quest. Questions regarding Blackness and Black womanhood in the United States are stitched throughout her books, and Boyce-Taylor leans into a more overtly defiant political register in her latest work, \u003cem\u003eWe Are Not Wearing Helmets, \u003c\/em\u003ewhile maintaining the connective spine of the Trinidadian dialect that appears throughout all her work. Selections from these books, as well as her other poetry collections, appear in this new volume.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCurated from Boyce-Taylor's body of work, \u003cem\u003eThe Limitless Heart\u003c\/em\u003e encapsulates her progression as a writer throughout the decades of her highly successful career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCheryl Boyce-Taylor\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of five previous collections of poetry--\u003cem\u003eWe Are Not Wearing Helmets, Raw Air, Night When Moon Follows, Convincing the Body\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eArrival\u003c\/em\u003e--and a memoir and poetic tribute to her son, \u003cem\u003eMama Phife Represents\u003c\/em\u003e. A VONA fellow and a teaching artist, Boyce-Taylor is the founder and curator of Calypso Muse and the Glitter Pomegranate Performance Series, and she has led numerous poetry workshops for Cave Canem, the New York Public Library, Urban Word NYC, and Poets House, among others. She lives in Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765339062560,"sku":"9781642599725","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ab6ae099991fa46090b7625ede3bb71d.webp?v=1780266431","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-limitless-heart-new-and-selected-poems-1997-2022-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}