{"product_id":"9780063221710","title":"Side Notes from the Archivist: Poems","description":"The award-winning, genre-crossing writer demonstrates her power as a funkadelic and formidable feminist voice in this rich and beautiful collection of verse and image—a multi-part retrospective that traverses time, space, and reality to illuminate the expansiveness of Black femme lives.\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSide Notes from the Archivist \u003c\/em\u003eis a preservation of Black culture viewed through a feminist lens. The Archivist leads readers through poems that epitomize youthful renditions of a Black girl coming of age in Philadelphia’s pre-funk ’80s; episodic adventures of “the Black Girl” whose life is depicted through the white gaze; and selections of verse evincing affection for self and testimony to the magnificence within Black femme culture at-large.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery poem in \u003cem\u003eSide Notes\u003c\/em\u003e elevates and honestly illustrates the buoyancy of Blackness and the calamity of Black lives on earth. In her uniquely embracing and experimental style, Anastacia-Reneé documents these truths as celebrations of diverse subjects, from \u003cem\u003eSolid Gold\u003c\/em\u003e to halal hotdogs; as homages and reflections on iconic images, from Marsha P. Johnson to Aunt Jemima; and as critiques of systemic oppression forcing some to countdown their last heartbeat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom internet “Fame” to the toxicity of the white gaze, \u003cem\u003eSide Notes from the Archivist \u003c\/em\u003ecements Anastacia-Reneé role as a leading light in the womanist movement—an artist whose work is in conversation with advocates of Black culture and thought such as Audre Lorde, Amiri Baraka, and Nikki Giovanni.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47917894631664,"sku":"9780063221710","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780063221710_p0.jpg?v=1763634127","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780063221710","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}