# Grocery Shopping with My Mother - Hardcover

by **Kevin Powell** (Author)

**"Kevin Powell returns with a poetic time capsule written with love in honor of his mother's evolution. Powell investigates the nature of our country's oppression through the generational wounds survived and passed on. These poems are a testament to the healing work of Kevin Powell, as they revel in the power of forgiveness, abundance, and lineage." --Mahogany L. Browne, Lincoln Center's inaugural poet in residence and author of _Vinyl Moon_**

When Kevin Powell's elderly mother became ill, he returned home every week to take her grocery shopping in Jersey City. Walking behind her during those trips, Powell began to hear her voice, stories, and language in a new way--examining his own healing while praying for hers.

_Grocery Shopping with My Mother_ originated as social media posts about these visits and evolved into a breathtaking collection of thirty-two new poems, crafted like an album, plus four bonus tracks celebrating a great love of wordplay. Culturally rooted in the literary traditions of Ntozake Shange and Allen Ginsberg, Powell's poems honor the likes of V (formerly Eve Ensler), bell hooks, and Sidney Poitier.

_Grocery Shopping with My Mother_ dives into the complexities of relationships and contemporary themes with honesty and vulnerability. Creatively and spiritually inspired by Stevie Wonder's _Songs in the Key of Life_, Powell's poems shift in form and style, from praise chants to reverential meditations to, most importantly, innovative hope.

### Author Biography

**KEVIN POWELL** is one of the most acclaimed political, cultural, literary, and hip-hop voices in the United States. A poet, journalist, civil and human rights activist, and filmmaker, he is the author of fourteen previous books. Powell's next title will be a biography of Tupac Shakur. A native of Jersey City, New Jersey, he lives in Brooklyn, New York.

**Number of Pages:** 192

**Dimensions:** 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.6 IN

**Publication Date:** December 06, 2022

## Details

- **Price:** 24.0 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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