{"product_id":"franklin-yolanda-j-blood-vinypb","title":"Franklin, Yolanda J.: Blood Vinyls","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnhinga, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: July 10, 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe organization of the \u003cem\u003eBlood Vinyls\u003c\/em\u003e as tracks, with each track as a theme, illuminates these soulful, gorgeous, intelligently-crafted poems capturing the black South and womanhood so intimately and with such knowing - an edgy discography of Florida and the contentions of gender and race in the South. Franklin understands like Zora Neale Hurston how to pen intimate narratives that reveal a distinctive aspect of southern history and its customs stemming from the legacies of slavery and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYolanda J. Franklin is a Cave Canem and Callaloo Fellow, a recipient of a 2016-2017 McKnight Dissertation Fellowship, and a Kingsbury writing award. Franklin is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Florida Agricultural  Mechanical University. Her poems appear in the current issue or are forthcoming in the following journals: \u003cem\u003eHayden's Ferry Review, Southern Humanities Review \u003c\/em\u003eand the \u003cem\u003eApalachee Review. \u003c\/em\u003eHer poetry also appears in the recent anthology \"It Was Written: Poetry Inspired by Hip-Hop\" and is a two-time recipient of a J.M. Shaw Academy of American Poets Award. Franklin is a third generation Floridian born in the state's capital - Tallahassee. She loves dancing to old school hip-hop, baking, food tasting and can be found at her favorite coffee shop, Black Dog Café in Railroad Square enjoying a drink the baristas named after her.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41624963481623,"sku":"9781934695579","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/img_proxy_300x_8f5119c6-8304-468b-8ad0-8e175dc10d72.jpg?v=1724539123","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/franklin-yolanda-j-blood-vinypb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}