woke up no light
By Leila Mottley
By Leila Mottley
By Leila Mottley
By Leila Mottley
By Leila Mottley
Read by Leila Mottley
By Leila Mottley
Read by Leila Mottley
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$28.00
Apr 16, 2024 | ISBN 9780593319710
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Apr 16, 2024 | ISBN 9780593319727
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Apr 16, 2024 | ISBN 9780593869444
93 Minutes
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Praise
“”These poems evince the same intense passion and sympathy we saw in Nightcrawling, but here the scope is wider and even more ambitious.” —The Washington Post
“Leila Mottley writes with the introspection of Zora Neale Hurston, the righteous rage of Bobby Seales, and a lyrical wit mirroring Souls of Mischief. Each section of woke up no light is a testimony to living and thriving; and proof that one of Oakland’s mightiest heirlooms has nothing to lose. Mottley aims to free the girlchild from the bindings and blindings as she pens with such eloquent sharpness: ‘California says they might owe us a cent or two / if we can prove the cells that make us.’
woke no light is a revolution of words and worlds, readying to become. Poems centering the effect of street scriptures, gender roles, police brutality, and the humanity lost to celebritism; Mottley leaves no rock unturned and aims to set us all free.” —Mahogany L. Browne, author of Chrome Valley and Vinyl Moon and poet-in-residence, Lincoln Center
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