{"product_id":"murmur-paperback","title":"Murmur - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCameron Barnett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poetry collection that explores the complexity of race and the body for a Black man in contemporary America.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The second book by NAACP Image Award finalist Cameron Barnett, \u003ci\u003eMurmur \u003c\/i\u003econsiders the question of how we become who we are. The answers Barnett offers in these poems are neither safe nor easy, as he traces a Black man's lineage through time and space in contemporary America, navigating personal experiences, political hypocrisies, pop culture, social history, astronomy, and language. Barnett synthesizes unexpected connections and contradictions, exploring the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 and the death of Terence Crutcher in 2016 and searching both the stars of Andromeda and a plantation in South Carolina. A diagnosis from the poet's infancy haunts the poet as he wonders, \"like too many Black men,\" if \"a heart is not enough to keep me alive.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCameron Barnett\u003c\/b\u003e is a Pittsburgh-based poet and teacher. He is the author of\u003ci\u003e The Drowning Boy's Guide to Water\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Autumn House Press Rising Writer Contest, and a finalist for an NAACP Image Award. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 98\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.27 x 8.96 x 6.07 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 27, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763831898400,"sku":"9781637680872","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/acebffb1ca793a312ae224780476f9b4.webp?v=1780239882","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/murmur-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}