Grocery Shopping With My Mother

Soft Skull Press

Grocery Shopping with My MotherAuthor(s): Kevin Powell\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Penguin Random House Group, United States\nImprint: Soft Skull Press\nISBN-13: 9781593767433, 978-1593767433\nSynopsis\nWhen 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 breath-taking 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 honour 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 wi.