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Gathering as much of it as possible into a single volume invites readers to take it seriously as well.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49780122222865,"sku":"CIN1938334221A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50018237284625,"sku":"GOR012437719","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51713664450833,"sku":"CIN1938334221G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53191140966673,"sku":"NIN9781938334221","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1938334221.jpg?v=1751457804"},{"product_id":"movement-in-black-book-pat-parker-9781563411083","title":"Movement in Black","description":"Pat Parker -- that revolutionary, raw and as they used to say, right-on sister -- would be celebrating her fifty-fifth birthday in 1999 had she not died of breast cancer ten years ago. To honor her work and call attention to the significance of her contributions, Firebrand Books is publishing a new, expanded edition of her classic, Movement In Black.\u003cp\u003eWith an incisive introduction by Cheryl Clarke, celebrations\/ remembrances\/tributes from ten outstanding African American women writers, and a dozen previously unpublished pieces, Movement In Black is a must read\/ must have on your book shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether she was presenting her poetry on street corners, performing with other women -- writers, musicians, activists -- in bars and auditoriums, rallying the crowd at political events, preaching to the converted, or converting the ill-informed, Pat Parker was a presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe wrote about gut issues: the lives of ordinary Black people, violence, loving women, the legacy of her African American heritage, being queer. She was a woman who engaged life fully, both personally and as a political activist, linking the struggles for racial, gender, sexual, and class equality long before it was PC to do so. She died as she lived -- fighting forces larger than herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe publication of Movement In Black is an opportunity, both for those who were around the first time and those who are new to her work, to experience and enjoy Pat Parker's power.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49796735271185,"sku":"CIN1563411083G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1563411083.jpg?v=1751150576"},{"product_id":"jonestown-and-other-madness-book-pat-parker-9780932379009","title":"Jonestown and Other Madness","description":"Straightforward, no-nonsense poetry about being Black, female and gay.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50209259356433,"sku":"GOR009447649","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0932379001.jpg?v=1750748067"},{"product_id":"broken-pieces-book-pat-parker-9781498480512","title":"Broken Pieces","description":"Too many days of darkness and despair, yet you keep whispering words of hope reminding me you are there. 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It is merciless and vulnerable and far ranging.' —Audre Lorde\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlongside her invaluable contributions to social justice, Pat Parker (1944-1989) wrote five collections of poetry during her lifetime and is widely recognised as one of the leading African-American, lesbian-feminist voices of the 20th Century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e collects her most loved works into an accessible volume, introducing new readers to Parker's fire for justice, tenderness, and vision for the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first time Pat Parker's poetry has been published in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders interested in Pat Parker’s life may also enjoy \u003cem\u003eThe Letters of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker 1974–1989\u003c\/em\u003e, an archival work documenting their intimate friendship and important work as activist-poets.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52968050393361,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":52968050688273,"sku":"NGR9781068488009","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781068488009.jpg?v=1770893019"},{"product_id":"essential-poems-by-pat-parker-book-pat-parker-9781944981815","title":"Essential Poems by Pat Parker","description":"Renowned African-American, lesbian-feminist poet and performer Pat Parker wrote five collections of poetry during her lifetime, Jonestown \u0026amp; Other Madness, Movement in Black, Womanslaughter, Pit Stop, and Child of Myself. 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