{"product_id":"the-bodys-question-poems-paperback","title":"The Body's Question: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTracy K. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKevin Young\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe debut collection by the Poet Laureate of the United States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e* Winner of the 2002 Cave Canem Poetry Prize\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e *\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou are pure appetite. I am pure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAppetite. You are a phantom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn that far-off city where daylight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eClimbs cathedral walls, stone by stolen stone.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--from \"Self-Portrait as the Letter Y\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Body's Question\u003c\/i\u003e by Tracy K. Smith received the 2002 Cave Canem Poetry Prize for the best first book by an African-American poet, selected by Kevin Young. Confronting loss, historical intersections with race and family, and the threshold between childhood and adulthood, Smith gathers courage and direction from the many disparate selves encountered in these poems, until, as she writes, \"I was anyone I wanted to be.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracy K. Smith \u003c\/b\u003ereceived degrees from Harvard and Columbia Universities and a Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University. She currently lives and teaches in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.8 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771626586400,"sku":"9781555973919","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fc300f3efb72ceeb7da335dbf75f5ce9.webp?v=1780389880","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-bodys-question-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}