{"product_id":"communion-new-selected-poems-paperback","title":"Communion: New \u0026 Selected Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePrimus St John\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoetry. African American Studies. COMMUNION combines new poems with three out-of-print books that display St. John's mastery of both the brief lyric and longer narrative, such as his acclaimed epic poem Dreamer. In his highly inventive poetic exploration of slavery -- revised and republished here -- his subject is John Newton, the sea captain and slave trader who wrote the hymn Amazing Grace. As St. John has noted elsewhere, I am interested in how people survive the physical and ideological violence intended to subdue and destroy them. In my work I try to be as comfortable with anger as I am with tenderness. One of the five artists who inaugurated the NEA'S Poets in the Schools program, St. John has received wide recognition for his poetry, including a reading on National Public Radio, an Oregon Book Award for Poetry, and a nomination for the American Book Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 8.91 x 5.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771624554784,"sku":"9781556591259","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b64af022b2a290cd181dc1973ae8ed67.webp?v=1780389829","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/communion-new-selected-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}