{"title":"Books by Morgan Parker","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781472153180","title":"There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of Oprah Magazine's Ten Best Books of 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA TIME Magazine Best Paperback of 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's Ten Best Poetry Collections of Spring\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Most Anticipated book at \u003ci\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNYLON\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of i-D's emerging female authors to read in 2017\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Outstanding collection of poems. So much soul. So much intelligence in how Parker folds in cultural references and the experiences of black womanhood. Every poem will get its hooks into you. And of course, the poems about Beyoncé are the greatest because Beyoncé is our queen.' Roxane Gay\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'I can and have read Morgan Parker's poems over and over . . . She writes history and pleasure and kitsch and abstraction, then vanishes like a god in about 13 inches.' Eileen Myles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Morgan Parker has a mind like wildfire and these pages are lit. I can't recall being this enthralled, entertained, and made alert by a book in a very long time.' Jami Attenberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe only thing more beautiful than Beyoncé is God, and God is a black woman sipping rosé and drawing a lavender bath, texting her mom, belly-laughing in the therapist's office, feeling unloved, being on display, daring to survive. Morgan Parker stands at the intersections of vulnerability and performance, of desire and disgust, of tragedy and excellence. Unrelentingly feminist, tender, ruthless and sequinned, these poems are an altar to the complexities of black American womanhood in an age of non-indictments and déjà vu, and a time of wars over bodies and power. These poems celebrate and mourn. 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She can't count the number of times she's been the only non-white person at the sleepover, been teased for her \"weird\" outfits, and been told she's not \"really\" black. Also, she's spent most of her summer crying in bed. So there's that, too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLately, it feels like the whole world is listening to the same terrible track on repeat - and it's telling them how to feel, who to vote for, what to believe. Morgan wonders, when can she turn this song off and begin living for herself?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLife may be a never-ending hamster wheel of agony, but Morgan finds her crew of fellow outcasts, blasts music like there's no tomorrow, discovers what being black means to her, and finally puts her mental health first. She decides that, no matter what, she will always be intense, ridiculous, passionate, and sometimes hilarious. After all, darkness doesn't have to be a bad thing. Darkness is just real.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLoosely based on her own teenage life and diaries, Morgan Parker's \u003ci\u003eWHO PUT THIS SONG ON?\u003c\/i\u003e is an outstanding debut, full of courage, generosity and reasons to live.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56301111345525,"sku":"9781472154217","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781472154217_3e582749-4c64-4d66-87a0-9b4476d77408.jpg?v=1786020411"},{"product_id":"9781472156273","title":"Other People's Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eMagical Negro\u003c\/i\u003e, Winner of the National Book Critic's Circle Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Hilarious and hard-hitting . . . it ripples with energy, insight, and searing music' Tracy K. 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