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Availability:In StockContributor:E'Mon LaurenSeries:Breakbeat PoetsPublish date:2017-10-31Pages:40
Language:EnglishPublisher:Haymarket BooksISBN-13:9781608469437ISBN-10:1608469433UPC:9781608469437Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:American, Women Authors, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:African American & Black, PlacesSize:8.30 x 5.50 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.2513Product ID:SCME8GA93G

E'mon Lauren's poems take artifacts, language, and ephemera from life on Chicago's Southside and Westside to create a manifesto of survival and growth. These poems from Chicago's first Youth Poet Laureate grapple with sexism, racism, love, and class with a style that announces Lauren as a poet to watch.

Commando is an aesthetic stick up, hallelujahs in a handbag with a handgun. The first collection from the city's first youth poet laureate is a manifesto for a solider at war.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Haymarket BooksISBN-13:9781608469437ISBN-10:1608469433UPC:9781608469437Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:American, Women Authors, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:African American & Black, PlacesSize:8.30 x 5.50 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.2513Product ID:SCME8GA93G
Lauren, E'Mon: -

E'mon Lauren is from the South Side of Chicago. She is a Scorpio enthusiast and a firm believer in Dorthy Dandridge reincarnation. E'mon uses poetry and playwriting to explore a philosophy of hood womanism. She was named Chicago's first Youth Poet Laureate. A former Kuumba Lynx Performance Ensemble slam team member and Louder Than a Bomb champion, E'mon has performed in many venues including The Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Festival and The Chicago Hip Hop Theatre Fest. She was a 2016 finalist for The Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Award. E'mon has been published in The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop, The Down Dirty Word, and elsewhere. She has been featured in Chicago Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, and on WGN Radio. She is a member of Young Chicago Authors Teaching Artist Corps.

Publisher: Haymarket Books

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