{"product_id":"chrome-valley-9781324092278","title":"Chrome Valley: Poems","description":"Boldly lyrical and fiercely honest, Mahogany L. Browne's \u003cem\u003eChrome Valley\u003c\/em\u003e offers an intricate portrait of Black womanhood in America. \"We praise their names \/ \u0026amp; the hands that write \/ Praise the mouth that speaks,\" she writes in tribute to those who came before her.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Browne captures a quintessential girlhood through the pleasures and pangs of young love: the thrill of skating hip to hip at the roller rink, the heat of holding hands in the dark, and, sometimes, the sting of a palm across the cheek. Friendship, too, comes with its own complex yearnings: \"you ain't had freedom \/ 'til you climb on bus 62 \/ \u0026amp; head to the closest mall \/ for a good seat at the girl fight.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Reflections of Browne's mother, Redbone, bolster the collection with moments of unwavering strength: \"give me my mother's bone structure \/ \u0026amp; her gap tooth slaughter \/ give me her spine-Redbone got a spine for the world.\" Other moments explore the inherent anxieties shared among Black mothers, rhythmically intoning names like the tolling of a church bell: \"Because Kadiatou Diallo \/ Because Sybrina Fulton \/ Because Valeria Bell \/ Because Mamie Till.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The characters in \u003cem\u003eChrome Valley\u003c\/em\u003e grapple with the legacies of inherited trauma but also revel in the beauty of the undaunted self-determination passed down from Black woman to Black woman. Transcendent and grounded, funny and furious, \u003cem\u003eChrome Valley\u003c\/em\u003e brings depth to a movement, solidifying Mahogany L. Browne as one of the most significant poetic voices of our time.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mahogany L. Browne\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781324092278\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 20230329\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43553799864381,"sku":"9781324092278","price":40.46,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781324092278.jpg?v=1766579530","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/chrome-valley-9781324092278","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}