{"product_id":"black-venus-fly-trap-9781736210420","title":"Black Venus Fly Trap","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA shocking debut poetry collection that invites readers to grapple with the origins of a world that both hates and needs Black women. A disruptive hagiography of the Black Venus \u0026amp; Sapphire, mammy bulldaggers, and welfare queens, Rich's collection splendidly desecrates poetic elitism. \u003cem\u003eBlack Venus Fly Trap\u003c\/em\u003e is an eldritch account of Black femininity simultaneously born from the chorus of refusal and unlike anything written before. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"That frisson of realness, the unsayable that can be lost when we ask language to convey the infinite interiority of the black woman-\u003cem\u003eBlack Venus Fly Trap\u003c\/em\u003e rescues it.\" - Doreen St. Felix\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jeanetta Rich's writing doesn't sit on the page, it oozes over your psyche. Fearless and complex, defiant and radiant! I love it.\" - Kim Gordon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jeanetta Rich once told me that as a child she used to spend hours staring at a painting of the beheading of Saint John the Baptist. Black Venus Flytrap is like that painting: splendid and profane and entirely just. Jeanetta's writing turns each page into a museum of art and we are lucky to admire it. It's exquisite and it stings-which is how you know it's working.\" - Elaine Kahn\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-14599604\"\u003eJeanetta Rich\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Deluge Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 62\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 4.25w x 0.13d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781736210420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1736210424\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":"Deluge Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698683842797,"sku":"9781736210420","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_e5fe3e78-5e20-4ede-87b4-4ced5a2265bf.jpg?v=1649904679","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/black-venus-fly-trap-9781736210420","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}