{"product_id":"the-other-revival-poems-reckonings-9798990220874","title":"The Other Revival: Poems \u0026 Reckonings","description":"\u003cp\u003eI want to know what you know about my people\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI said to the caretaker's granddaughter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI want you to tell me something about them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Other Revival is a story of homecoming. This collection of poems revolves around a house built in Harpersville, Alabama in 1841. Thirty-nine people enslaved by Samuel Wallace, the owner of the property, constructed the house and worked the land. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor generations, the house remained in the Wallace family and is now a reconciliation center where Black, white, and mixed-race descendants come together. Salaam Green has led many of these gatherings and worked with descendants to create these, and many other, poems. The Other Revival is her poetic journey to one rural place that is a crossroads of racial, economic, and enslavement heritage. It is an elegy and a blessing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Salaam Green\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pulley Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.29d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798990220874\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSalaam Green is the inaugural poet laureate of historic Birmingham, Alabama, 2024-2025. She graduated from the University of Montevallo with an English degree and has a MS in Early Childhood Education from the University of North Dakota. Green has garnered residencies at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, The Wallace House for Arts and Reconciliation, and Auburn University. She has spent more than 16 years as an arts educator, healer, and community leader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Salaam Green \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47280832315549,"sku":"9798990220874","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_0856112a-161e-43bb-9492-ffd67da2d0c4.jpg?v=1759922154","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-other-revival-poems-reckonings-9798990220874","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}