{"product_id":"grime-paperback-1","title":"Grime - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThea Matthews\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne of\u003c\/i\u003e Publishers Weekly's \u003ci\u003eMost Anticipated Poetry Books for Fall!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom addiction and familial dysfunction to gentrification and police brutality, \u003cem\u003eGRIME\u003c\/em\u003e examines harsh realities through an activist lens with a rare deftness of poetic form.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Thea Matthews is our sacred underground; the only host of our ascension.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eTongo Eisen-Martin, author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlood on the Fog\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGRIME\u003c\/em\u003e is the underbelly of the city and the dirt found in the human psyche. These poems explore the dichotomous gravity of despair and desire, apathy and protest, defeat and survival. They trace San Francisco's skyline to encapsulate being born and raised in a metropolis that has grown increasingly strange to its native citizens, even as it serves as a mnemonic for past trauma and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart elegy, part call to resistance, \u003cem\u003eGRIME\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles Matthews' childhood growing up in the Tenderloin, amidst the glamour and allure of its drug-fueled street life and the squalor of its poverty and addiction, even as the poems veer off from the autobiographical into portraits and dramatic monologues, on the one hand, and experiments with traditional forms like ghazals and pantoums, on the other. The poems hold grit and anguish in one breath, marrying an unflinching eye to a rare formal assurance. As austerity pushes the margins of each page, in poem after poem, the setting shifts, the characters assume different names, yet every moment interlocks to expose the grime of living in the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet \u003cem\u003eGRIME\u003c\/em\u003e is also a story of triumph and resiliency in the face of insurmountable odds, an assertion of the power of poetry in wrestling with grief, addiction, and calamity. It seeks moments of healing based on interpersonal connection and faith. \u003cem\u003eGRIME\u003c\/em\u003e is a poetics of survival and defiance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHEA MATTHEWS\u003c\/strong\u003e is a poet of African and Indigenous Mexican descent originally from San Francisco, CA. She holds an MFA in poetry from New York University and a BA in sociology from UC Berkeley. Her poetry has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eObsidian Lit \u0026amp; Arts in the African Diaspora\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Massachusetts Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAlta Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/em\u003e, and others. Her first book, \u003cem\u003eUnearth [The Flowers]\u003c\/em\u003e (Red Light Lit Press), was chosen for \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews'\u003c\/em\u003e Best Indie Poetry of 2020. In 2023, she was poet in residence at the Museum of African Diaspora, and programming curator at UC Berkeley's Art Museum \u0026amp; Pacific Film Archive. She teaches creative writing, is an editor, and lives in Brooklyn, NY.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43509255110791,"sku":"9780872869134","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/byIjGrKkvT9780872869134.webp?v=1763956512","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/grime-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}