{"product_id":"the-fat-black-womans-poems-virago-50th-anniversary-edition","title":"The Fat Black Woman's Poems : Virago 50th Anniversary Edition","description":"Celebrating five decades of the feminist publisher, each of the Five Gold Reads represents an iconic moment in Virago's history, from the 1970s to today. A stunning collection of poems from Grace Nicholas, winner of the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry 2021 Nichols gives us images that stare us straight in the eye, images of joy, challenge, accusation. Her 'fat black woman' is brash; rejoices in herself; poses awkward questions to politicians, rulers, suitors.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e In other sequences of this collection, Grace Nichols writes in a language that is wonderfully vivid yet economical of the pleasures and sadnesses of memory, of loving, of 'the power to be what I am, a woman, charting my own futures'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1rem; color: #1f2124; font-family: -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1rem; color: #1f2124; font-family: -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eFormat: Paperback \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublished: UK, 2023\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher: Virago \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLanguages: English\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePages: 96\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN 13: 9780349017402\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN 10: 0349017409\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grace Nichols","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44719779053834,"sku":"","price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9780349017402.jpg?v=1694791157","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/the-fat-black-womans-poems-virago-50th-anniversary-edition","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}