{"product_id":"9781882295906","title":"me and Nina","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Monica Hand's \u003ci\u003eme and Nina\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautiful book by a soul survivor. In these poems she sings deep songs of violated intimacy and the hard work of repair. The poems are unsentimental, blood-red, and positively true, note for note, like the singing of Nina Simone herself. Hand has written a moving, deeply satisfying, and unforgettable book.\"—Elizabeth Alexander\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an intimate conversation with the \"High Priestess of Soul,\" Monica A. Hand surveys the places and moods of alienation through poems that are as musical and stylistically diverse as Nina Simone's work. Hand readily embraces a \"mass hypnosis\" style, putting \"a spell on [us]\" with her intensely passionate cries and commitment to embracing both tragedy and exuberance in these insightful poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"Dear Nina\":\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI am not recession\u003cbr\u003edepression\u003cbr\u003eoppression\u003cbr\u003ecompression\u003cbr\u003ecrooked line\u003cbr\u003ebroken line\u003cbr\u003epolka dot\u003cbr\u003eparking lot\u003cbr\u003eor spot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI am a \u003c\/i\u003eGift from God\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI know that\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI am an\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eun-kept\u003cbr\u003esolo song\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMonica A. Hand\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet and book artist currently living in Harlem, New York. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in \u003ci\u003eAunt Chloe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack Renaissance Noire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sow's Ear\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDrunken Boat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Frontier\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAfrican-American Poetry for the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem's First Decade\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA in poetry and poetry in translation from Drew University and is a founding member of Poets for Ayiti.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alice James Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032852676848,"sku":"9781882295906","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781882295906_p0.jpg?v=1763604600","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781882295906","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}