{"product_id":"mama-phife-represents-a-memoir-9781642592665","title":"Mama Phife Represents: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAward-winning poet Cheryl Boyce-Taylor pays tribute to her departed son Malik 'Phife Dawg' Taylor of the legendary hip-hop trio A Tribe Called Quest in this intimate collection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMama Phife Represents\u003c\/em\u003e is a hybrid-story that follows the journey of a mother's grieving heart through her first two years of public and private mourning. Told through a tapestry of narrative poems, dreams, anecdotes, journal entries, and letters, these treasured fragments of their lives show a great love between mother and son. Artist and artist, teacher and friend. Cheryl Boyce-Taylor's gift includes drawings, emails, hip-hop lyrics, and notes Malik wrote to his parents beginning at age eight. Both elegy and praise song, there is joy and sorrow, healing, and a mother's triumphant heart that rises and blooms again. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMama Phife Represents\u003c\/i\u003e has been awarded the 2022 Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry by The Publishing Triangle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cheryl Boyce-Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Breakbeat Poets\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781642592665","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713575784585,"sku":"9781642592665","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_85638d36-abbd-4cd6-b4ff-a6b7373ccc25.jpg?v=1719616074","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/mama-phife-represents-a-memoir-9781642592665","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}