{"product_id":"get-funky-get-swoll","title":"Get Funky, Get Swoll","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Akhim Yuseff Cabéy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Black Lawrence Press, 2026-04-21\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGet Funky, Get Swoll\u003c\/i\u003e explores, demonstrates, and indicts the multifaceted and multifarious ways white supremacy, white culture, and, in very specific instances white people, have had a profound and tragic impact on the human experience of those people known as Black.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The collection's opening examines intimate racism--the kind that exists between friends and friend groups and lovers; the kind which does not holler or thump or come crashing into the heart but does so quietly, stealthily, inflicting grave harm. The book's latter half comprises a series of love poems to Black people, and specifically to Black women--a Black female muse and the ethereal, transcendental, metaphysical Black Female. These poems serve as a countermeasure to the insidious impact of a society that pushes the simultaneous endeavor of self-hate while offering its own pale flesh as a refuge.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGet Funky, Get Swoll\u003c\/i\u003e makes complex once again the so-called Black experience, which is to say, the human experience. Akhim Yuseff Cabéy's collection functions not only as a reminder of the tragic impact of white supremacy on the hearts and minds and souls of Black people, but as a signpost: more danger is headed our way, and we must hold on to the spirit we have left.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137390624937,"sku":"PHBK-9781625571830","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/21223163482766.jpg?v=1780325238","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/get-funky-get-swoll","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}