{"product_id":"movement-in-black-9781563411083","title":"Movement in Black","description":"\u003cp\u003ePat Parker -- that revolutionary  raw and as they used to say  \"right-on sister\" -- would be celebrating her fifty-fifth birthday in 1999 had she not died of breast cancer ten years ago. To honor her work and call attention to the significance of her contributions  Firebrand Books is publishing a new  expanded edition of her classic  Movement In Black. With an incisive introduction by Cheryl Clarke  celebrations\/ remembrances\/tributes from ten outstanding African American women writers  and a dozen previously unpublished pieces  Movement In Black is a must read\/ must have on your book shelf. Whether she was presenting her poetry on street corners  performing with other women -- writers  musicians  activists -- in bars and auditoriums  rallying the crowd at political events  preaching to the converted  or converting the ill-informed  Pat Parker was a presence. She wrote about gut issues: the lives of ordinary Black people  violence  loving women  the legacy of her African American heritage  being queer. She was a woman who engaged life fully  both personally and as a political activist  linking the struggles for racial  gender  sexual  and class equality long before it was \"PC\" to do so. She died as she lived -- fighting forces larger than herself. The publication of Movement In Black is an opportunity  both for those who were around the first time and those who are new to her work  to experience and enjoy Pat Parkers power.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45529665601589,"sku":"ByrdShop_1563411083","price":250.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781563411083.jpg?v=1780940991","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/movement-in-black-9781563411083","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}