{"product_id":"nursery-rhymes-in-black-poems-paperback","title":"Nursery Rhymes in Black: Poems - 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\u003eLatorial Faison\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNursery Rhymes in Black\u003c\/i\u003e is a poetic recollection of race, roots, culture, and identity. Paying homage to the memory and work of elders and ancestors, Latorial Faison remembers her own matriarch, mother, grandmother--the rich memories of having grown up in rural, historic Southampton County, Virginia. These poignant poems mark significant moments and tell the lives of the people along the author's journey through the post-segregation Jim Crow South. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The collection highlights family, overcoming adversity, and endurance from the Black female perspective and celebrates the individuals and experiences that shape life and have catapulted the author into a unique existence. Narrative poems give voice to the Black Southern girlhood experience of being saved, nurtured, inspired, and even challenged by plight and circumstance. Strengthened by her experiences, Faison provides power, courage, and wisdom that resonate deeply. These poems walk in naked truth on a lyrical, musical tightrope as each brings wisdom and honesty in the intimacy of arranged words. Faison takes readers along the development of her own identity, considering stories of unsung heroes, the hands that feed us, the ancestors and traditions that form us, and the challenging ways that race, history, education, and culture intersect. With this spiritually moving collection, Faison joins all poets and writers who have come to prolifically amplify Black voices, to tell Black stories, to continue the Black literary tradition we have been gifted. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In these poems, Faison calls readers into poetic fellowship with the memories, the legacies, the truths of Black women in the South. There is reverence, history, and glory on these pages celebrating the hands, hearts, work, trouble, and ways of Black women and all the ways they teach, become, fascinate, struggle, survive, and exist in the world. \u003ci\u003eNursery Rhymes in Black\u003c\/i\u003e lulls us--but not to sleep--rather, to wake up, to speak out, to take a stand, to advocate as we pause to remember, understand, and celebrate.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLatorial Faison\u003c\/b\u003e is an American poet, author, veteran military spouse, mother, and assistant professor of English and creative writing. Her writing continues the African American literary tradition and explores the intersections of the Black experience in terms of race, culture, and identity. Faison's poetry and creative nonfiction have been published extensively in literary outlets, such as \u003ci\u003eCallaloo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eObsidian: Literature \u0026amp; Art in the African Diaspora\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAunt Chloe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStonecoast Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArtemis Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWest Trestle Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Southern Poetry Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSouthern Women's Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAbout Place Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeep South Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Missed Education of the Negro: An Examination of the Black Segregated Experience in Southampton County, Virginia 1950-1970\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMother to Son\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI Am Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLove Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, and the trilogy collection \u003ci\u003e28 Days of Poetry Celebrating Black History\u003c\/i\u003e. A Tom Howard Poetry Prize recipient and Pushcart nominee, Faison has also been awarded fellowships from Furious Flower Poetry Center, Virginia Humanities, Association of Writers \u0026amp; Writing Programs, and the Hudson Valley Writers Center. She currently serves on the faculty of Virginia State University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 86\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52731080048947,"sku":"9781646427277","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/rQq1Dkv2p29781646427277.webp?v=1763848630","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/nursery-rhymes-in-black-poems-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}