Woke up no light / Leila Mottley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mottley, Leila, 2002- author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people--Social life and customs--Poetry.

Black people.

Women, Black--Poetry.

Women, Black.

Genre:

Poetry.

poetry.

Physical Description:

ix, 103 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.

Summary:

"Woke up no light is a Black girl's saunter turned to a woman's defiant strut. These are the hymns of a new generation of poetry. Young, alive, yearning. A mouth swung open and ready to devour. A quest for home in a world that knows only wasteland and wanting. Moving in sections from "girlhood" to "neighborhood" to "falsehood" to, finally, "womanhood," these poems reckon with themes of reparations, restitution, and desire. The collection is sharp and raw, wise and rhythmic, a combination that lights up each page. From unearthing histories to searching for ways to dream of a future in a world constantly on the brink of disaster, this young poet sets forth personal and political revelation with piercing detail"-- Publisher's description.

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9780593319710

0593319710

OCLC:

1429145880