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03357aam a2200421 i 4500 001 3A37BD8EE67F11EE94C7D61345ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240320010038 008 230307t20232023inua b 000 p eng d 020 $a 0900575174 020 $a 9780900575174 035 $a (OCoLC)1375036237 040 $a ZCU $b eng $e rda $c ZCU $d BDX $d OCLCF $d CDX $d OCL $d YDX $d IND $d OCLCO $d NOC $d OCLCO $d ZCU $d OCLCO $d NUI $d SILO 050 4 $a PS3608.E4885 $b M68 2023 082 04 $a 811/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Hemphill, Destiny, $e author. 245 10 $a Motherworld : $b a devotional for the alter-life / $c Destiny Hemphill. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Notre Dame, IN : $b Action Books, $c 2023. 300 $a 95 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 520 1 $a "My goodness. How long we have waited for the spirit, perception, compassion, wisdom of Destiny Hemphill. Conjuring the tough grace and interstellar knowledge of foreparents like Octavia, Audre, Reginald, Sun Ra, Gloria, Essex, Destiny's work envisions a world of telling it p(l)ain, of tenacity, of permission to 'remold [the] mouth to speak more bravely'. The generosity of Destiny's work is to be revered. Let's bow to this talented writer, let us raise this name in song, let us take a page out of Destiny's book and say 'we got you. we always lookin out. we see you'." $c -- Metta Sáma 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a i. the portal appears -- what is a ritual with no return? -- apocalypso song #3 -- a prophet-mother, moonstruck & star-stricken -- murmurings -- apocalypso song #8, the water chants -- ghazal for the motherworld -- a prophet-mother's sermon on the scar -- fragments salvaged from the oracles of mama-n-em -- we ask mama-n-em, "why do you study astrology?" -- check in: depending on who you are -- ii. & the portal opens -- dispatches from the now/here -- when we asked mama-n-em to pray -- the future is un-settled -- crown shyness, or breathing practice -- a prophet-mother channels a message on the alter-life -- fragments salvaged from the oracles of mama-n-em -- are you sure you wanna be well, sweetheart? -- a chronicle of scrying in five parts -- check-in: the end of this world -- iii. & the portal expands -- like and orb. like a planet -- blood memory : a riddle -- hymn in the name of mama-n-em: nellie & lucinda -- more alive than when you began -- mapmaking -- Six of Swords -- hymn in the name of mama-n-em: amy, thank you for many times -- check in: apocalypse -- we ask mama-n-em, "where is the motherworld?" -- fragments salvaged from the oracles of mama-n-em -- apocalypso song #33, a prophecy of care -- how we got our blues-tongue. 648 7 $a 2000-2099 $2 fast 650 0 $a African American women $v Poetry. 650 0 $a Devotional poetry $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Feminist poetry $y 21st century. 650 0 $a American poetry $y 21st century. 650 0 $a American literature $y 21st century. 650 7 $a American poetry $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00807348 655 7 $a poetry. $2 aat $0 (CStmoGRI)aatgf300055931 655 7 $a Poetry $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423828 655 7 $a Poetry. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Visual poetry. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a PoeÌsie. $2 rvmgf $0 (CaQQLa)RVMGF-000000476 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240320011228.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3A37BD8EE67F11EE94C7D61345ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search