{"product_id":"d-275-mos-an-american-multitude-paperback","title":"D\u0026#275;mos: An American Multitude - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBenjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn Electric Literature \"Most Anticipated Poetry Book of 2021\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the intersection of Onondaga, Japanese, Cuban, and Appalachian cultures, Benjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley's newest collection arrives brimming with personal and political histories.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"'You tell me how I was born what I am, '\" demands Naka-Hasebe Kingsley--of himself, of the reader, of the world. The poems of \u003cem\u003eDēmos: An American Multitude \u003c\/em\u003eseek answers in the Haudenosaunee story of The Lake and Her children; in the scope of a .243 aimed at a pregnant doe; in the Dōgen poem jotted on a napkin by his obaasan; in a flag burning in a church parking lot. Here, Naka-Hasebe Kingsley places multiracial displacement, bridging disparate experiences with taut, percussive language that will leave readers breathless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith astonishing formal range, \u003cem\u003eDēmos\u003c\/em\u003e also documents the intolerance that dominates American society. What can we learn from mapping the genealogy of a violent and loud collective? How deeply do anger, violence, and oppression run in the blood? From adapted Punnett squares to Biblical epigraphs to the ghastly comment section of a local news website, \u003cem\u003eDēmos \u003c\/em\u003ediagrams surviving America as an other-ed American--and it refuses to flinch from the forces that would see that multitude erased.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDēmos \u003c\/em\u003eis a resonant proclamation of identity and endurance from one of the most intriguing new voices in American letters--a voice singing \"long on America as One \/ body but many parts.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBenjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley\u003c\/b\u003e belongs to the Onondaga Nation of Indigenous Americans in New York. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eColonize Me\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNot Your Mama's Melting Pot\u003c\/i\u003e, winners and finalists of over a dozen awards. Affrilachian poet and Kundiman alum, Naka-Hasebe Kingsley is recipient of the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center and Tickner Fellowships. His work has appeared in numerous publications such as \u003ci\u003eThe BreakBeat Poets: LatiNEXT\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNative Voices: Honoring Indigenous Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGeorgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOxford American\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e. He is an assistant professor of poetry and nonfiction in Old Dominion University's MFA program.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.4 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 09, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769024872736,"sku":"9781571315250","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/251a7cd66b144dca1089c59eff0f029b.webp?v=1780341261","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/d-275-mos-an-american-multitude-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}