{"product_id":"reparations-now-1","title":"Reparations Now!","description":"\u003ch1\u003eReparations Now!\u003c\/h1\u003eAshley M Jones,Ashley M Jones\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Hub City Press\u003cbr\u003eSeptember 7 2021\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781938235863\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 193823586X\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eReparations Now!\u003c\/i\u003e asks for what's owed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn formal and non-traditional poems, award-winning poet Ashley M. Jones calls for long-overdue reparations to the Black descendants of enslaved people in the United States of America. In this, her third collection, Jones deftly takes on the worst of today--state-sanctioned violence, pandemic-induced crises, and white silence--all while uplifting Black joy. These poems explore trauma past and present, cultural and personal: the lynching of young, pregnant Mary Turner in 1918; the current white nationalist political movement; a case of infidelity. These poems, too, are a celebration of Black life and art: a beloved grandmother in rural Alabama, the music of James Brown and Al Green, and the soil where okra, pole beans, and collards thrive thanks to her father's hands. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy exploring the history of a nation where \"Black oppression's not happenstance; it's the law,\" Jones links past harm to modern heartache and prays for a peaceful world where one finds paradise in the garden in the afternoon with her family, together, safe, and worry-free. While exploring the ways we navigate our relationships with ourselves and others, Jones holds us all accountable, asking us to see the truth, to make amends, to honor one another.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67390811996205,"sku":"WHS-230516b836ca4c3982ab0b5c6afa0bcf","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_4a131158-e8fc-4806-b963-105ff8f5f5c6.jpg?v=1787347587","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/reparations-now-1","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}