An "unleashed love song" to her late grandmother, Nickole Brown's
collection brings her brassy, bawdy, tough-as-new-rope grandmother
to life. With hair teased to Jesus, mile-long false eyelashes, and
a white Cadillac Eldorado with atomic-red leather seats, Fanny is
not your typical granny rocking in a chair. Instead, think of a
character that looks a lot like Eva Gabor in Green Acres, but
darkened with a shadow of Flannery O'Connor. A cross-genre
collection that reads like a novel, this book is both a collection
of oral history and a lyrical and moving biography that wrestles
with the complexities of the South, including poverty, racism, and
domestic violence. "Nickole Brown's unleashed love song to her
grandmother is raucous and heart-rending, reflective and
slap-yo-damn-knee hilarious, a heady meld of lyrical line and life
lesson. Brown is blessed to be blood-linked to such a shrewd and
singular soul, and the poet's mix of monologue, myth, and unbridled
mayhem paints a picture of a proper Southern lady who is just-well,
unforgettable." -Patricia Smith "In Fanny Says, Nickole Brown
distills the whole of America into one woman: bawdy, loving,
racist, battered, healed, and gorgeous with determination. Our
country has no history that does not touch the South. Our divisions
are our unions. Here, Brown unleashes a voice returned to teach us
a lesson. Reader, fair warning: you can't hide from Fanny. You will
be changed by this book." -Rebecca Gayle Howell
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