{"product_id":"what-rainbows-reveal-liturgies-of-resilience-9798218303570","title":"What Rainbows Reveal: Liturgies of Resilience","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Rainbows Reveal: Liturgies of Resilience \u003c\/i\u003e is the debut poetry collection of James Jennings Jr., a multidisciplinary artist, composer, educator, and writer. This collection pays homage to his mother's commitment to spiritual mentorship as a Black Christian woman in Los Angeles, California. As a dedicated Los Angeles Unified School District educator and United Teachers Los Angeles Union leader, James learned about leadership, vocation, and sacrifice through observation, close listening, and through her gift of storytelling. Transmitting these life lessons into reflective and playful poetic offerings\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eJames vividly imbues his writing with the same aura of gratitude, compassion, and imperfect grace reminiscent of his childhood. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile specifically written to encourage Black youth and parents, \u003ci\u003eWhat Rainbows Reveal\u003c\/i\u003e invites all readers to courageously embrace the infinite journey of resilient self-making. Grounded in a practice of infinite self-transformation and reactualization and bolstered by our collective human inheritance \u003ci\u003eto change\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eto be, \u003c\/i\u003ethis work lovingly convinces the \u003ci\u003eego\u003c\/i\u003e to rest along with its counterparts \u003ci\u003eanxiety\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003edoubt\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003epride\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese soul-liberating liturgies of quiescent strength ushers readers towards a holistic dismissal of shame while pivoting those willing towards restorative practices of communal love, forgiveness, resourcefulness, and accountability. Attending to the challenges of social conformity, anti-blackness and racial violence, troubled (intergenerational) relationships, and male (in)vulnerability \u003ci\u003eWhat Rainbows Reveal: Liturgies of Resilience\u003c\/i\u003e gently releases readers back to themselves philosophically refreshed, spiritually recalibrated, and creatively rejuvenated.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBreathe (in the possibility of infinite potentiality)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eListen (to your Beautiful Self)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForgive + Release (your Beautiful Self)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCreate + Commune (Beautifully Anew) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\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-16538657\"\u003eJames I. Jr. Jennings\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Book Clearing Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.17d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798218303570\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 821830357X\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-POE005050\"\u003eAmerican | African American \u0026amp; Black\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Clearing Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44703299829997,"sku":"9798218303570","price":14.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_4076ef94-bcb8-458f-952f-440adb346774.jpg?v=1703899665","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/what-rainbows-reveal-liturgies-of-resilience-9798218303570","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}