Sweetwater Mass
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| Expected release date is Jan 26th 2027 |
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Product Details
Author:
Shakeema Smalls
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
90
Publisher:
Blair (January 26, 2027)
Imprint:
Blair
Release Date:
January 26, 2027
Language:
English
ISBN-13:
9781958888902
ISBN-10:
1958888907
Weight:
12oz
Dimensions:
5.25" x 8"
File:
CONSORTIUM-Metadata_Only_Consortium_Customer_Group_Metadata_20260521172621-20260521.xml
Folder:
CONSORTIUM
List Price:
$17.95
Country of Origin:
United States
Pub Discount:
65
Case Pack:
3
As low as:
$13.82
Publisher Identifier:
P-PER
Discount Code:
A
Overview
A powerful and innovative debut collection—the first in the new Polaris Poetry Series—that captures the rhythms of Black girlhood as it navigates the spaces between city and southern roots. Through poems rooted in Hoodoo spirituality and the author’s Gullah Geechee heritage, Shakeema Smalls’s Sweetwater Mass uncovers ways of knowing that transcend physical and temporal barriers, boldly addressing the lived realities of racism, classism, and economic struggle while simultaneously journeying toward joy and transcendence. Drawing on her identity as a Black, queer woman and her family lineage, the “red birds / of the ancestral arcana,” Smalls writes from a place of resistance—against capitalism and systems of oppression—and in search of higher spiritual truths. Smalls’s work finds lineage in the voices of Sonia Sanchez, Lucille Clifton, Joy KMT, and Nikky Finney, while offering something wholly unique that broadens conversations about systemic violence, poverty, and the complexities of Black girlhood. As she grapples with the intersections of gender, race, class, and resilience, Smalls weaves breath, brevity, and stream of consciousness into poems that hold space for both grief and growth.
The Polaris Poetry Series is edited by Cynthia Manick and features collections of Afrofuturistic and Afrofuturism-adjacent poetry. The series is a dedicated home for this innovative poetic style and for amplifying the voices of Black poets. Sweetwater Mass is the first in the series.
