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003			OCoLC
005			20240611091341.0
008			240409t20242024nyu e 000 p eng d
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019			_a1390774451 _a1424628814
020			_a9780593319710 _q(hardcover)
020			_a0593319710 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1429145880 _z(OCoLC)1390774451 _z(OCoLC)1424628814
092			_a811.6 _bM922
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aMottley, Leila, _d2002- _eauthor.
240	1	0	_aPoems. _kSelections
245	1	0	_aWoke up no light / _cLeila Mottley.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bAlfred A. Knopf, _c2024.
264		4	_c©2024
300			_aix, 103 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
520			_a"Woke up no light is a Black girl's saunter turned to a woman's defiant strut. These are the hymns of a new generation of poetry. Young, alive, yearning. A mouth swung open and ready to devour. A quest for home in a world that knows only wasteland and wanting. Moving in sections from "girlhood" to "neighborhood" to "falsehood" to, finally, "womanhood," these poems reckon with themes of reparations, restitution, and desire. The collection is sharp and raw, wise and rhythmic, a combination that lights up each page. From unearthing histories to searching for ways to dream of a future in a world constantly on the brink of disaster, this young poet sets forth personal and political revelation with piercing detail"-- _cPublisher's description.
650		0	_aBlack people _xSocial life and customs _vPoetry.
650		0	_aWomen, Black _vPoetry. _9289770
655		7	_aPoetry. _2lcgft _96749
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c386522 _d386522