{"product_id":"imperial-liquor-poems-paperback","title":"Imperial Liquor: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmaud Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist, 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eFinalist, 2021 Rilke Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eImperial Liquor\u003c\/i\u003e is a chronicle of melancholy, a reaction to the monotony of racism. These poems concern loneliness, fear, fatigue, rage, and love; they hold fatherhood held against the vulnerability of the black male body, aging, and urban decay. Part remembrance, part swan song for the Compton, California of the 1980s, Johnson examines the limitations of romance to heal broken relationships or rebuild a broken city. Slow Jams, red-lit rooms, cheap liquor, like seduction and betrayal-what's more American? This book tracks echoes, rides the residue of music \"after the love is gone.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA former Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry at Stanford University, \u003cb\u003eAmaud Jamaul Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e is a winner of the Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award, the Edna Meudt Poetry Book Award, a Pushcart Prize, the Dorset Prize, and fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, the MacDowell Colony, and Cave Canem. Born and raised in Compton, California, he is professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he teaches in the MFA Program in Creative Writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 70\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.9 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 25, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759180808480,"sku":"9780822966067","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2e2999d448101ced51ef97f2cdfc2eab.webp?v=1780144575","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/imperial-liquor-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}