{"product_id":"blood-on-the-leaves-paperback","title":"Blood on the Leaves - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHope Wabuke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlood on the Leaves\u003c\/i\u003e by Hope Wabuke is a searing and lyrical poetry collection that explores the intimate, haunted relationship between Blackness and the natural world.\u003c\/b\u003e At once a site of refuge and rupture, nature emerges as both witness to generational trauma and a space of beauty, survival, and fierce possibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHewn from historical record and personal experience, these poems unearth the brutal legacy of slavery and the enduring persistence of systemic racism, tracing how violence echoes through land, body, and bloodline. Wabuke weaves history, science, and the environment into the personal--examining gender, motherhood, identity, and the Black body as sites of resistance and remembrance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlood on the Leaves\u003c\/i\u003e stands as a powerful testament to the Black experience, survival, memory, and the enduring power of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHope Wabuke\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two full-length poetry collections \u003ci\u003eBlood on the Leaves\u003c\/i\u003e (Boa Editions, 2026) and \u003ci\u003eThe Body Family\u003c\/i\u003e (Haymarket Books). She has won fellowships and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Barbara Deming Memorial Foundation, and the Fulbright Foundation, among others. She currently serves as a consulting editor for the African Poetry Book Fund and Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She live is Lincoln, NE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 71\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.7 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67972746903859,"sku":"9781968507183","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/rjS_hgHVf59781968507183.webp?v=1794433847","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/blood-on-the-leaves-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}