{"product_id":"i-shimmer-sometimes-too","title":"I Shimmer Sometimes, Too","description":"\u003cb\u003ePorsha Olayiwola's debut poetry collection soars with the power and presence of live performance. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese poems dip their hands into the fabric of black womanhood and revel in it. \u003ci\u003eShimmer\u003c\/i\u003e establishes Olayiwola firmly in the lineage of black queer poetics, celebrating the work done by generations of poets from Audre Lorde to Danez Smith. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach poem is a gentle breaking and an inventive reconstruction. This is a book of self and community-care―in pursuit of building a world that will not only keep you alive but will keep you joyful. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Advance praise for \u003ci\u003e i shimmer sometime, too \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Porsha Olayiwola's capable hands, language becomes elastic, becomes kaleidoscopic. \u003ci\u003ei shimmer sometimes, too\u003c\/i\u003e is cinematic, is magic, and graceful education in the possibilities of form \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Safia Elillo, Author Of The January Children\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn language that is both pungent and poignant, Porsha Olayiwola plumbs a dispora of resilience, rich in ringshouts and inner-city blues chanted to the sky. \u003ci\u003ei shimmer sometimes, too\u003c\/i\u003e is luminous indeed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Jabari Asim, Author of We Can't Breathe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach poem is a lesson, a story, a mirror that Olayiwola holds up to ensure we pay attention to that which we may have overlooked. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Clint Smith, Author of Counting Descent \u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Button Poetry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48827033878733,"sku":"9781943735457","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_93aadc44-f6ee-4cdd-abc6-91f8d2b9525a.jpg?v=1789688289","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/i-shimmer-sometimes-too","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}