Poetry
The gospel of barbecue
2000·76 pages
A powerful poetry collection exploring African American, Southern, and women's experiences through vivid, biting imagery.
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A powerful poetry collection exploring African American, Southern, and women's experiences through vivid, biting imagery.
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The gospel of barbecue is a fine fire, a brilliance moving with swaying choir robes in a harmony of pain lived to sweetness. In poems that touch the most tender and open parts of the ancestral stream of what it is to be African and woman and southern in this America, Honoree Jeffers delivers song, sermon, and supplication. This is the opening solo of a voice in the widest range, a voice that will light and lead the way.
What's Inside
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Romance & sex
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Moderate references to sexual themes; some imagery and language suggest intimacy or desire. To historical sexual violence and coercion in slavery contexts.
Violence & gore
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Moderate depictions of historical violence, including references to slavery and physical harm.
Profanity
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Minor use of strong language; not a dominant feature but present in some poems.
Substance use
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Brief mentions of substance use; not central to the themes.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources.
Religious content
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Major religious themes; frequent references to gospel, church, and spiritual imagery.
Magic & witchcraft
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No evidence found in available sources.
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Strong social messaging on race, gender, and Southern Black identity.
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources.
Abuse & suffering
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Frequent themes of systemic suffering, slavery, and familial pain or abuse. To historical sexual violence and coercion in slavery contexts.
Other
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