Lullaby for the Grieving
Lullaby for the Grieving by Ashley M. Jones, published by Hub City Press in 2025, is a poignant poetry collection that delves into the complexities of grief. In this 64-page edition, Jones explores both personal loss, specifically the death of her father, and the broader political grief associated with Black Southern identity. The collection invites readers to reflect on the challenges of navigating sorrow while also celebrating the vibrancy of life.
In Lullaby for the Grieving, Jones journeys through various landscapes, including Alabama, the Middle Passage, and the Underground Railroad, intertwining themes of loss and love. The poems serve as both an elegy for her father and a tribute to the resilience found within the Black experience. Through her work, Jones seeks to uncover the sounds of healing amidst profound sorrow, offering insights that resonate deeply with the reader. This collection features poems from her tenure as Alabama’s first Black and youngest Poet Laureate, showcasing her unique voice and perspective.
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With previous work hailed by the New York Times as “unflinching” and “piercing”, Ashley M. Jones’s Lullaby for the Grieving is her most personal collection to date.
In her fourth poetry collection, Jones studies the multifaceted nature of grief: the personal grief of losing her father, and the political grief tied to Black Southern identity. How does one find a path through the deep sorrow of losing a parent? What wonders of Blackness have to be suppressed to make way for “progress”?
Journeying through landscapes of Alabama, the Middle Passage and Underground Railroad, interior spaces of loss and love, and her father’s garden, Jones constructs both an elegy for her father and a celebration of the sacred exuberance and audacity of life. Featuring poems from her tenure as Alabama’s first Black and youngest Poet Laureate, Lullaby for the Grieving finds calm in unimaginable storms and attempts to listen for the sounds of healing.
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