{"product_id":"9781324092278","title":"Chrome Valley: Poems","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBest Books of 2023: \u003cem\u003eTIME, Electric Literature\u003c\/em\u003e From Lincoln Center’s inaugural poet-in-residence comes this unflinching collection that intricately mines the experience of being a Black woman in America.\u003c\/strong\u003e Boldly lyrical and fiercely honest, Mahogany L. Browne’s \u003cem\u003eChrome Valley\u003c\/em\u003e offers an intricate portrait of Black womanhood in America. “We praise their names \/ \u0026amp; the hands that write \/ Praise the mouth that speaks,” she writes in tribute to those who came before her. Browne captures a quintessential girlhood through the pleasures and pangs of young love: the thrill of skating hip to hip at the roller rink, the heat of holding hands in the dark, and, sometimes, the sting of a palm across the cheek. Friendship, too, comes with its own complex yearnings: “you ain’t had freedom \/ ’til you climb on bus 62 \/ \u0026amp; head to the closest mall \/ for a good seat at the girl fight.” Reflections of Browne’s mother, Redbone, bolster the collection with moments of unwavering strength: “give me my mother’s bone structure \/ \u0026amp; her gap tooth slaughter \/ give me her spine—Redbone got a spine for the world.” Other moments explore the inherent anxieties shared among Black mothers, rhythmically intoning names like the tolling of a church bell: “Because Kadiatou Diallo \/ Because Sybrina Fulton \/ Because Valeria Bell \/ Because Mamie Till.” The characters in \u003cem\u003eChrome Valley\u003c\/em\u003e grapple with the legacies of inherited trauma but also revel in the beauty of the undaunted self-determination passed down from Black woman to Black woman. Transcendent and grounded, funny and furious, \u003cem\u003eChrome Valley\u003c\/em\u003e brings depth to a movement, solidifying Mahogany L. Browne as one of the most significant poetic voices of our time.","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47015712588016,"sku":"9781324092278","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781324092278_p0.jpg?v=1763707924","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781324092278","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}