{"product_id":"the-limitless-heart-new-and-selected-poems-1997-2022-9781642599725","title":"The Limitless Heart: New and Selected Poems (1997-2022)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEncompassing the breadth of Cheryl Boyce-Taylor's astounding career, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Limitless Heart\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e is a time capsule of the boundless love, care, grief, and fortitude that make her work so stirring.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eWith deep empathy, thoughtfulness, charisma, and lyricism, Boyce-Taylor's work explores questions of immigration, motherhood, and queer sensuality, among other themes. Grief is both an anchor and a door throughout Boyce-Taylor's poetry, as seen in \u003cem\u003eMama Phife Represents\u003c\/em\u003e, a hybrid of memoir and verse on the death of her son, Malik \"Phife Dawg\" Taylor of A Tribe Called Quest. Questions regarding Blackness and Black womanhood in the United States are stitched throughout her books, and Boyce-Taylor leans into a more overtly defiant political register in her latest work, \u003cem\u003eWe Are Not Wearing Helmets, \u003c\/em\u003ewhile maintaining the connective spine of the Trinidadian dialect that appears throughout all her work. Selections from these books, as well as her other poetry collections, appear in this new volume.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCurated from Boyce-Taylor's body of work, \u003cem\u003eThe Limitless Heart\u003c\/em\u003e encapsulates her progression as a writer throughout the decades of her highly successful career.\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 10\/17\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781642599725","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713215271049,"sku":"9781642599725","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_b3b2805f-0e19-41e6-aa43-82e9dfebc617.jpg?v=1719605683","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-limitless-heart-new-and-selected-poems-1997-2022-9781642599725","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}