{"product_id":"star-power-poems-by-nicholas-goodly","title":"Star Power: Poems by Nicholas Goodly","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNOTE: This title releases on June 02, 2026. If preordering, you may select pickup or delivery. Pickups can occur any time during normal business hours, starting with the day the book is officially released. If you select delivery, books will ship ON release day, not FOR release day. Thanks for your understanding!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA celebration and testament to the tenacity of life on the margins, brilliantly illuminating Black and queer experience.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this collection, a jubilant testimony to the joys and hardships of the Black queer experience, poet Nicholas Goodly explores language that venerates the saints of their life--those people in cultures and communities who are not often seen as the powerful, brave, and heroic figures that they are. An ode to endurance, love, and play, \u003ci\u003eStar Power\u003c\/i\u003e carves out a place of pleasure and solace, a personal pantheon of legends from the Wonder Twins, Thundercat, and Tiffany Pollard to Venus Xtravaganza, the Olsen Twins, and Grace Jones.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDefiant and unapologetic, \u003ci\u003eStar Power \u003c\/i\u003echarts a path of joy and wonder, cutting through caustic history and an oppressive present to speak directly to these vibrant lives, which have long been overlooked.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woolly Bear Books and Gifts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56538154270886,"sku":"9781668080764","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/4637\/7638\/files\/starpower.jpg?v=1779912615","url":"https:\/\/woollybearbooks.com\/products\/star-power-poems-by-nicholas-goodly","provider":"Woolly Bear Books and Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}