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A breathtaking poetry collection on hope, heart, and heritage from the most prominent and promising Black poets and writers of our time, edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander.
In this comprehensive and vibrant poetry anthology, bestselling author and poet Kwame Alexander curates a collection of contemporary anthems at turns tender and piercing and deeply inspiring throughout. Featuring work from well-loved poets such as Rita Dove, Jericho Brown, Warsan Shire, Ross Gay, Tracy K. Smith, Terrance Hayes, Morgan Parker, and Nikki Giovanni, This Is the Honey is a rich and abundant offering of language from the poets giving voice to generations of resilient joy, each incantation, as Mahogany L. Browne puts it in her titular poem, is a jubilee of a people dreaming wildly.
This essential collection, in the tradition of Dudley Randalls The Black Poets and E. Ethelbert Millers In Search of Color Everywhere, contains poems exploring joy, love, origin, race, resistance, and praise. Jacqueline likens Black woman joy to indigo, tassels, foxes, and peacock plumes. Tyree Daye, Nate Marshall, and Elizabeth Acevedo reflect on the meaning of home through food, from Cuban rice and beans to fried chicken gizzards. Clint Smith and Cameron Awkward-Rich enfold us in their intimate musings on love and devotion. From a jewel in the hand (Patricia Spears Jones) to butter melting in small pools (Elizabeth Alexander), This Is the Honey drips with poignant and delightful imagery, music, and raised fists.
Fresh, memorable, and deeply moving, this definitive collection a must-have for any lover of language and a gift for our time.
Author: Kwame Alexander
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 01/30/2024
Pages: 448
Weight: 1.39lbs
Size: 9.62h x 6.31w x 1.27d
ISBN: 9780316417525
Language: English
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