{"product_id":"978-0063221710","title":"Side Notes from the Archivist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe award-winning, genre-crossing writer demonstrates her power as a funkadelic and formidable feminist voice in this rich and beautiful collection of verse and image—a multi-part retrospective that traverses time, space, and reality to illuminate the expansiveness of Black femme lives.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVoted one of the Best Books of 2023 by the New York Public Library.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSide Notes from the Archivist \u003c\/em\u003eis a preservation of Black culture viewed through a feminist lens. The Archivist leads readers through poems that epitomize youthful renditions of a Black girl coming of age in Philadelphia’s pre-funk ’80s; episodic adventures of “the Black Girl” whose life is depicted through the white gaze; and selections of verse evincing affection for self and testimony to the magnificence within Black femme culture at-large.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery poem in \u003cem\u003eSide Notes\u003c\/em\u003e elevates and honestly illustrates the buoyancy of Blackness and the calamity of Black lives on earth. In her uniquely embracing and experimental style, Anastacia-Reneé documents these truths as celebrations of diverse subjects, from \u003cem\u003eSolid Gold\u003c\/em\u003e to halal hotdogs; as homages and reflections on iconic images, from Marsha P. Johnson to Aunt Jemima; and as critiques of systemic oppression forcing some to countdown their last heartbeat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom internet “Fame” to the toxicity of the white gaze, \u003cem\u003eSide Notes from the Archivist \u003c\/em\u003ecements Anastacia-Reneé role as a leading light in the womanist movement—an artist whose work is in conversation with advocates of Black culture and thought such as Audre Lorde, Amiri Baraka, and Nikki Giovanni.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":46991843197184,"sku":"9780063221710","price":21.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0084\/8081\/7207\/files\/BNCImageAPI_0de3abcc-0675-40f1-a210-1ae064206b80.jpg?v=1757196146","url":"https:\/\/www.secretplanet.ca\/products\/978-0063221710","provider":"Secret Planet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}