{"product_id":"incendiary-art-poems-paperback","title":"Incendiary Art: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatricia Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom National Book Award winner Patricia Smith\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the most magnetic and esteemed poets in today's literary landscape, Patricia Smith fearlessly confronts the tyranny against the black male body and the tenacious grief of mothers in her compelling new collection, \u003ci\u003eIncendiary Art\u003c\/i\u003e. She writes an exhaustive lament for mothers of the \"dark magicians,\" and revisits the devastating murder of Emmett Till. These dynamic sequences serve as a backdrop for present-day racial calamities and calls for resistance. Smith embraces elaborate and eloquent language-- \"\u003ci\u003eher gorgeous fallen son a horrid hidden \/ rot. Her tiny hand starts crushing roses--one by one \/ by one she wrecks the casket's spray. It's how she \/ mourns--a mother, still, despite the roar of thorns\"\u003c\/i\u003e-- as she sharpens her unerring focus on incidents of national mayhem and mourning. Smith envisions, reenvisions, and ultimately reinvents the role of witness with an incendiary fusion of forms, including prose poems, ghazals, sestinas, and sonnets. With poems impossible to turn away from, one of America's most electrifying writers reveals what is frightening, and what is revelatory, about history. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, 2017 Los Angeles Times Book Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist, 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in the Poetry category \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, 2018 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, 2018 BCALA Best Poetry Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Abel Meeropol Award for Social Justice\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist, Neustadt International Prize for Literature\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, 2021 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePATRICIA SMITH's \u003c\/b\u003ehonors include the 2025 National Book Award for Poetry and the 2021 Poetry Foundation Ruth Lilly Award for Lifetime Achievement. She is the author of nine volumes of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eUnshuttered\u003c\/i\u003e (TriQuarterly Books), and \u003ci\u003eBlood Dazzler\u003c\/i\u003e, a National Book Award finalist. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Guggenheim Fellow, Civitella Ranieri Fellow, National Endowment for the Arts grant recipient, finalist for the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and four-time individual champion of the National Poetry Slam, Smith is a professor in the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University and a former distinguished professor at the City University of New York. \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 0.5 x 8.4 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 15, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53458105532723,"sku":"9780810134331","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/H_Qi_zWj-k9780810134331.webp?v=1781280878","url":"https:\/\/rbangel-store.myshopify.com\/products\/incendiary-art-poems-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}