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Song of My Softening

Song of My Softening - Paperback

by Omotara James
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Availability:In StockContributor:Omotara JamesPublish date:2024-02-13Pages:160
Language:EnglishPublisher:Alice James BooksISBN-13:9781948579247ISBN-10:1948579243UPC:9781948579247Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:American, LGBTQ+, Women AuthorsBook Topic:African American & BlackSize:8.90 x 5.80 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SC8RAJWAB6

"It's not often that fat women feel such thorough representation of themselves not only in poetry but in any media and not only in the beautiful moments but in the sorrowful ones, ranging throughout life. James does a brilliant job of portraying this and all her themes brilliantly; highly recommended."

-Starred review by Library Journal


"Song of My Softening by Omotara James is a fierce tour-de-force by a debut voice who I'm certain will be around to continue to thrill readers with her language, vulnerability and bravado"

-Joseph O. Legaspi


"[James's] poems explore the experiences of a Black queer woman whose life and body are routinely dismissed and disparaged. But she persists until she can sing in full-throated celebration, "Today we are alive / in summer. Unencumbered." This is an intimate, vulnerable, and ultimately triumphant collection."

-Ron Charles, Washington Post


Language:EnglishPublisher:Alice James BooksISBN-13:9781948579247ISBN-10:1948579243UPC:9781948579247Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:American, LGBTQ+, Women AuthorsBook Topic:African American & BlackSize:8.90 x 5.80 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SC8RAJWAB6
Omotara James is a writer, editor and visual artist. She is the author of the chapbook Daughter Tongue, selected by African Poetry Book Fund, in collaboration with Akashic Books, for the 2018 New Generation African Poets Box Set. A two-time Pushcart Prize nominee, she is a recipient of the 2019 92Y Discovery Poetry Prize. She earned her BA from Hofstra University and received her MFA from New York University. Her poems have appeared in Poetry Magazine, The Paris Review, The Academy of American Poets, and elsewhere. She is a fellow of Lambda Literary and Cave Canem Foundation. Born in Britain, she is the daughter of Nigerian and Trinidadian immigrants and currently lives in New York City.
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