{"product_id":"daylight-poems-paperback","title":"Daylight: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoya Marsh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2021 Lambda Award for Lesbian Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003edayliGht \u003c\/i\u003eis a dazzling collection of poems from a necessary new voice, at once a clarion call for stories of Black women and a rebuke of broken notions of sexuality and race.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrowing up, Roya Marsh was considered \"tomboy passing. With an affinity for baggy clothes, cornrows, and bandanas, she came of age in an era when the wide spectrum of gender and sexuality was rarely acknowledged or discussed. She knew she was \"different,\" her family knew she was \"different,\" but anything outside of the heteronorm was either disregarded or disparaged. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her stunning debut, written in protest to an absence of representation, Marsh recalls her early life and the attendant torments of a butch Black woman coming of age in America. In lush, powerful, and vulnerable verses, \u003ci\u003edayliGht\u003c\/i\u003e unpacks traumas to unearth truths, revealing a deep well of resilience, a cutting sense of irony, and an astonishing fresh talent.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoya Marsh\u003c\/b\u003e, a native of the Bronx, New York, is a nationally recognized poet, performer, educator, and activist. She is the Poet in Residence at Urban Word NYC, and she works feverishly toward LGBTQIA justice and dismantling white supremacy. Marsh's work has been featured on NBC, BET, Button Poetry, Write About Now Poetry, Def Jam's All Def Digital, and \u003ci\u003eLexus Verses and Flow\u003c\/i\u003e, and in \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eFlypaper Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrontier Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNylon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHuffPost\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe BreakBeat Poets Volume 2\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eBlack \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGirl Magic \u003c\/i\u003e(2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.3 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42105143918727,"sku":"9780374538897","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/fa1351dd5185e2f80541d7c2961fcfec.webp?v=1732431813","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/daylight-poems-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}