My Mother Was A Freedom Fighter (Paperback)

Powerful, poetic meditations on motherhood, sisterhood, spirituality, solidarity, displacement/gentrification, racism, and sexism. Textured with the sights and sounds of growing up in East New York in the nineties, to school on the South Side of Chicago, all the way to the olive groves of Palestine, My Mother Is a Freedom Fighter is Aja Monet's ode to mothers, daughters, and sisters the tiny gods who fight to change the world. Complemented by striking cover art from Carrie Mae Weems, these stunning poems tackle racism, sexism, genocide, displacement, heartbreak, and grief, but also love, motherhood, spirituality, and Black joy.

General

Imprint:	Haymarket Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2017
Authors:	Aja Monet
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	120
ISBN-13:	978-1-60846-767-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General
LSN:	1-60846-767-8
Barcode:	9781608467679

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