{"product_id":"from-marcy-to-the-ivy-verses-of-ascent-paperback","title":"From Marcy to the Ivy: Verses of Ascent - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDarling Jimenez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBrent Casey Cavin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAshleigh Joyce Cavin\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom Marcy to the Ivy: Verses of Ascent\u003c\/em\u003e is a poetry collection about migration, memory, ambition, and the complicated cost of becoming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in the Dominican Republic and raised in Brooklyn's Marcy Projects, Darling Jimenez traces a life shaped by family, language, poverty, culture, and the relentless desire to reach beyond the circumstances she inherited. From stories of Trujillo and Villa Mella to bodegas, food stamps, subway rides, classrooms, and Ivy League halls, these poems move between the worlds that formed her-and the distance that sometimes grew between them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its heart, this is not simply a story of \"making it out.\" It is a meditation on what we carry with us when we leave, what success cannot erase, and what it means to return to your roots after learning to see them differently.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTender, unflinching, and deeply rooted in Dominican and Brooklyn culture, \u003cem\u003eFrom Marcy to the Ivy\u003c\/em\u003e explores race, colorism, belonging, class, family sacrifice, cultural inheritance, and the tension between assimilation and preservation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a collection for anyone who has ever crossed into a new world and wondered how much of themselves they were expected to leave behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67840890339480,"sku":"9798995578239","price":23.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/aTl1xzlID59798995578239.webp?v=1793321445","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobookstore.com\/products\/from-marcy-to-the-ivy-verses-of-ascent-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}