{"product_id":"finna-poems-9780593132456","title":"Finna: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eSharp, lyrical poems celebrating the Black vernacular--its influence on pop culture, its necessity for familial survival, its rite in storytelling and in creating the safety found only within its intimacy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDefinition of \u003ci\u003efinna, \u003c\/i\u003e created by the author: \u003cb\u003efin-na\u003c\/b\u003e \/ˈfinə\/ contraction: (1) going to; intending to  rooted in African American Vernacular English] (2) eye dialect spelling of \"fixing to\" (3) Black possibility; Black futurity; Blackness as tomorrow \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese poems consider the brevity and disposability of Black lives and other oppressed people in our current era of emboldened white supremacy, and the use of the Black vernacular in America's vast reserve of racial and gendered epithets. \u003ci\u003eFinna\u003c\/i\u003e explores the erasure of peoples in the American narrative; asks how gendered language can provoke violence; and finally, how the Black vernacular, expands our notions of possibility, giving us a new language of hope: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003enothing about our people is romantic\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; it shouldn't be. our people deserve\u003cbr\u003epoetry without meter. we deserve our\u003cbr\u003eown jagged rhythm \u0026amp; our own uneven\u003cbr\u003ewalk towards sun. you make happening happen.\u003cbr\u003ewe happen to love. this is our greatest\u003cbr\u003eaction.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marshall, Nate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e One World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593132456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Nate Marshall","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32746126704715,"sku":"9780593132456","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_d8c7787c-a597-4930-a5c5-3554ea0d57fc.jpg?v=1597710554","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/finna-poems-9780593132456","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}