{"product_id":"ordinary-light-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Ordinary Light: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTracy K. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - This dazzling memoir from the former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eLife on Mars\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a young artist struggling to fashion her own understanding of belief, loss, history, and what it means to be black in America. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Engrossing in its spare, simple understatement.... Evocative ... luminous.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOrdinary Light, \u003c\/i\u003e Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith tells her remarkable story, giving us a quietly potent memoir that explores her coming-of-age and the meaning of home against a complex backdrop of race, faith, and the unbreakable bond between a mother and daughter.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTRACY K. SMITH is the United States Poet Laureate. She is the author of four acclaimed books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eWade in the Water\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLife on Mars, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice, and a \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, Library Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year. A professor of creative writing at Princeton University, she lives in Princeton with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755592646944,"sku":"9780345804075","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d22ebd3ffc6f42d379b76827a16ab710.webp?v=1780063088","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ordinary-light-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}