{"product_id":"if-i-gather-here-and-shout-paperback","title":"If I Gather Here and Shout - 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\u003eFunto Omojola\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA deft, musical debut poetry collection about the disabling effects of illness, rupture, and inheritance--informed both by Yoruba divinatory systems and violent Western medical understandings of the Black body. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf I Gather Here and Shout\u003c\/i\u003e summons Yoruba divinatory rituals into a hospital room. Incantatory verses accumulate alongside personal and historical \"figures\" of illness and death to illuminate the tensions between legibility and meaning-making that emerge when an ill Black body is processed through a Western medical context. With intimate knowledge of how ancestral memory aches and sings in the body, Funto Omojola invokes a lamenting chorus in the ceremony of survival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFunto Omojola\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, performer, and visual artist. They have received fellowships from MacDowell, Cave Canem, and the Poetry Project, and their work has been published in the \u003cem\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePigeon Pages\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eGhost Proposal\u003c\/em\u003e, among others. \u003cem\u003eIf I Gather Here and Shout\u003c\/em\u003e is Omojola's book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.9 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 26, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53655851630899,"sku":"9781643622408","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/v0_ozm0RAw9781643622408.webp?v=1784019265","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/if-i-gather-here-and-shout-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}