{"product_id":"today-means-amen-9781449474119","title":"Today Means Amen","description":"\u003cb\u003eVivid, courageous, and candid, the poetry of Sierra deMulder speaks straight to the heart.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDear you: \u003cbr\u003e Whoever you are, \u003cbr\u003e However you got here, \u003cbr\u003e This is exactly where you are supposed to be.\u003cbr\u003e This moment has waited its whole life for you. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese are the opening lines of \"Today Means Amen,\" YouTube star Sierra deMulder's immensely powerful and virally popular poem, which lends its title to this collection. Like her fellow Millennial poets Tyler Knot Gregson, Clementine von Radics, and Lang Leav, Sierra has the gift of speaking directly to the reader. \"Today Means Amen\" has become an anthem of sorts to thousands, who find themselves reflected in its pain, its fierceness, its tenderness -- but also in its triumphant culminating refrain: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou made it\u003cbr\u003e You made it\u003cbr\u003e You made it\u003cbr\u003e Here. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe poems in Sierra's new book explore the rocky terrains of love, family, and womanhood with this same remarkable honesty and generosity. \u003ci\u003eToday Means Amen\u003c\/i\u003e brings this important young poet's work to an even broader audience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-4969383\"\u003eSierra Demulder\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrews McMeel Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781449474119\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 144947411X\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-POE023020\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | Love \u0026amp; Erotica\u003c\/a\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-POE024000\"\u003eWomen Authors\u003c\/a\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-POE023010\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | Death, Grief, Loss\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSierra DeMulder\u003c\/b\u003e is a two-time National Poetry Slam champion, 2009 College Union Poetry Slam Invitational \"Best Female Poet\", and recipient of a 2014 McKnight Fellowship. Her work has been featured on NPR, Huffington Post, The Advocate, and more. DeMulder is curriculum director of the\u003ci\u003e Gustavus Adolphus College Institute of Spoken Word and Poetry Slam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e an annual writing summer camp for high school students, and a co-founder of Button Poetry, the largest YouTube channel for poetry in the world. She regularly tours, performing at high schools, colleges, prisons, churches, and homeless shelters. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrews McMeel Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44490470588653,"sku":"9781449474119","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_762d9b3f-77fe-4b4d-b4fc-ae6607dbe92c.jpg?v=1700877692","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/today-means-amen-9781449474119","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}