Tara M. Stringfellow – författare

"God can stay asleep / these women in my life are magic enuff"An electrifying collection of poems that tells a universal tale of survival and revolution through the lens of Black femininity. Tara Stringfellow embraces complexity, grappling with the sometimes painful, sometimes wonderful way two conflicting things can be true at the same time. How it''s possible to have a strong voice and also feel silenced. To be loyal to things and people that betray us. To burn as hot with rage as we do with love.Each poem asks how we can heal and sustain relationships with people, systems, and ourselves. How to reach for the kind of real love that allows for the truth of anger, disappointment, and grief. Unapologetic, unafraid, and glorious in its nuance, this collection argues that when it comes to living in our full humanity, we have - and we are - magic enough.

''A rhapsodic hymn to Black women'' New York Times Book ReviewFAMILY CAN HOLD YOU TOGETHER. AND TEAR YOU APART.Joan was only a child the last time she visited Memphis. She doesn''t remember the bustle of Beale Street on a summer''s night or the smell of honeysuckle as she climbs the porch steps to her aunt''s house. But when the front door opens, she immediately remembers her cousin Derek.As Joan learns more about her family''s past she discovers she''s not the only North woman to have experienced great hurt. But she also sees their resilience and courage, how these extraordinary women fry green tomatoes and braid hair and sing all the while.Joan can''t change the past, but she can change her future. It''s time to find her own song to sing.LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE**** READERS LOVE MEMPHIS ****''I couldn''t put it down. You will fall in love with these women''''One of the best books I''ve ever read''''Utterly spellbinding''''This book has my entire heart''''It felt so real - I cried at their pain and smiled at their joy''''Intricately plotted, wildly satisfying''''Epic, in every sense of the word. It completely blew me away''