{"product_id":"to-make-an-island-of-a-street-corner-9781955953047","title":"To Make an Island of a Street Corner","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo Make An Island of a Street Corner is Anacaona Rocio Milagro's palm reading of her beloved people. She extends the forefingers in her warm hands, and stanzas sprawl forward: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"birds living in a quiet corner of earth \/ must have burst open \/ mid-flight \/ staining the glass of sunset \/without Witness,\" she writes this, and Uptown chants her name. So maybe this is a palm reading for all people, breathing with heartbeats. This book is a call and response. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems are holy. This poet is in the trenches, reading our charts and hearts with her keen poetic eye. She pens sharply: \"My sister's the wife of the wind. \/ Her first husband was a solar eclipse. \/ We birthed every demigod in existence.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMilagro lyrically endears us with the island's arms. This city's block is vast, and here, all boats rise. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMahogany L. Browne, Author of Chrome Valley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-17325357\"\u003eAnacaona Rocio Milagro\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Freighter Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781955953047\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 195595304X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Freighter Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47362711650541,"sku":"9781955953047","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_1bc04637-516a-404f-adda-c7939189c0b5.jpg?v=1731731784","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/to-make-an-island-of-a-street-corner-9781955953047","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}