Mama Phife Represents

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A Memoir

By Cheryl Boyce-Taylor

Series: BreakBeat Poets

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Mama Phife Represents is a poignant and deeply personal memoir by Cheryl Boyce-Taylor, a poet and mother who chronicles the profound grief following the sudden loss of her son Malik “Phife Dawg” Taylor due to Type 1 diabetes at the peak of his musical career. This work serves as a heartfelt love letter from a grieving mother to her beloved child, exploring the depths of sorrow and the enduring power of memory.
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Ideal for readers drawn to heartfelt memoirs, poetry lovers, and those seeking empathetic insights into grief and motherhood within the arts and culture sphere.

Award-winning poet Cheryl Boyce-Taylor pays tribute to her departed son Malik 'Phife Dawg' Taylor of the legendary hip-hop trio A Tribe Called Quest in this intimate collection.

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Mama Phife Represents is an arresting document of the body's lowest depth of hurt, from a poet and mother who suddenly loses her son to Type 1 diabetes at the height of his musical career.

It is a love letter from a grieving mother to her child.

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Praised by Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest, Mama Phife Represents is described as a gift filled with love, grace, and hope. It embodies the legacy of storytelling passed from mother to son and offers comfort to those who miss Malik deeply. Reviewers commend Boyce-Taylor for her generosity in sharing grief, highlighting the book’s tactile emotions, musical writing style, and its message on embracing memory after loss.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781642592665

Publisher: Haymarket Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 January 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Haymarket Books

Illustration: B&W photographs throughout

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 136

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Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir Cheryl Boyce-Taylor Non-Fiction Poetry Series: BreakBeat Poets

About the Author

Cheryl Boyce-Taylor is a poet and teaching artist. She earned an MFA from Stonecoast at the University of Southern Maine and an MSW from Fordham University. Her collections of poetry include Raw Air(2000), Night When Moon Follows(2000), Convincing the Body(2005), and Arrival(2017), which was a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize.

The founder and curator of Calypso Muse and the Glitter Pomegranate Performance Series, Boyce-Taylor is also a poetry judge for the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice. She has led workshops for Cave Canem, Poets & Writers, and the Caribbean Literary and Cultural Center. Her poetry has been commissioned by The Joyce Theater and the National Endowment for the Arts for Ronald K. Brown's Evidence, A Dance Company.

Boyce-Taylor is the recipient of the 2015 Barnes & Noble Writers For Writers Award and a VONA fellow. Her life papers and portfolio are stored at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City.

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