{"product_id":"0312329628","title":"The Moments, the Minutes, the Hours: The Poetry of Jill Scott","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlatinum-plus selling and Grammy nominated artist Jill Scott presents her first ever poetry collection—-delivering the sweet, sultry and soulfully honest voice that fans know and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\nPublishers Weekly\n\u003cp\u003eWith a couple of platinum-selling \"neo-soul\" records to her name, Scott doesn't have much to prove, but offers this cull from a parallel life-the poetry she's written on and off, with varying degrees of public exposure, since middle school-in the hopes that poets everywhere will \"continue to insight, ignite, and recite this blessed, raunchy, wild ride of a craft.\" The book reads like an ecstatic but disciplined panoply of influence and inspiration. Love poems, break-up poems, short-of-money poems, weariness poems, Christian poems, celebratory poems: all have an immediacy and short-lined honesty that reflects a deep appreciation of everyone from Nikki Giovanni to Emily Dickinson (just two of the poets mentioned in Scott's introduction). Better than the average coffeehouse fare, the poems probably would not have seen print without the records. That won't bother fans, and it shouldn't bother readers who come upon them not knowing who Scott is, and enjoy the poems anyway. (June) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoetry\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThemes \u0026amp; Styles\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eLove Poems\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eFamily\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnited States\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoetry\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eBlack \u0026amp; African American\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eBook details\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Scott, Jill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e First Edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780312329624\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":49275432370366,"sku":"0312329628-4","price":8.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/71nhCW2YNKL.jpg?v=1791919710","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0312329628","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}