{"product_id":"american-sonnets-for-my-past-and-future-assassin-paperback","title":"American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTerrance Hayes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the New York Times Critics' Top Books of 2018\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful, timely, dazzling collection of sonnets from one of America's most acclaimed poets, Terrance Hayes, the National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eLighthead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Sonnets that reckon with Donald Trump's America.\" \u003ci\u003e-The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn seventy poems bearing the same title, Terrance Hayes explores the meanings of American, of assassin, and of love in the sonnet form. Written during the first two hundred days of the Trump presidency, these poems are haunted by the country's past and future eras and errors, its dreams and nightmares. Inventive, compassionate, hilarious, melancholy, and bewildered--the wonders of this new collection are irreducible and stunning.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTerrance Hayes is the author of\u003ci\u003e Lighthead, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of the 2010 National Book Award and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His other books are \u003ci\u003eWind In a Box, Hip Logic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMuscular Music\u003c\/i\u003e. His honors include a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a 2014 MacArthur Fellowship. \u003ci\u003eHow To Be Drawn\u003c\/i\u003e, his most recent collection of poems, was a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award and received the 2016 NAACP Image Award for Poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 19, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Book Awards (2018)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753783984416,"sku":"9780143133186","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4837ebb46d9f1a029b308702d2c61d26.webp?v=1780027412","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/american-sonnets-for-my-past-and-future-assassin-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}