{"product_id":"the-golden-shovel-anthology-new-poems-honoring-gwendolyn-brooks-paperback","title":"The Golden Shovel Anthology: New Poems Honoring Gwendolyn Brooks - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Kahn\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRavi Shankar\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePatricia Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The cross-section of poets with varying poetics and styles gathered here is only one of the many admirable achievements of this volume.\" \u003cbr\u003e --Claudia Rankine in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Golden Shovel Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the life and work of poet and civil rights icon Gwendolyn Brooks through a dynamic new poetic form, the Golden Shovel, created by National Book Award-winner Terrance Hayes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An array of writers--including winners of the Pulitzer Prize, the T. S. Eliot Prize, and the National Book Award, as well as a couple of National Poets Laureate--have written poems for this exciting new anthology: Rita Dove, Billy Collins, Danez Smith, Nikki Giovanni, Sharon Olds, Tracy K. Smith, Mark Doty, Sharon Draper, Richard Powers, and Julia Glass are just a few of the contributing poets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This second edition includes Golden Shovel poems by two winners and six runners-up from an international student poetry competition judged by Nora Brooks Blakely, Gwendolyn Brooks's daughter. The poems by these eight talented high school students add to Ms. Brooks's legacy and contribute to the depth and breadth of this anthology.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Kahn\u003c\/b\u003e is a founding member of the London poetry collective Malika's Kitchen. He is also the founder of the Spoken Word Education Programme at Goldsmiths-University of London, and he directs the Spoken Word program at Roosevelt University in Chicago. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRavi Shankar\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning poet, author, translator, and founding editor of Drunken Boat. His work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and on NPR and the BBC; and his many books include \u003ci\u003eLanguage for a New Century\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeepening Groove\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhat Else Could It Be\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatricia Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of seven books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eShoulda Been Jimi Savannah\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize from the Academy of American Poets, \u003ci\u003eBlood Dazzler\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eIncendiary Art\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. She is a professor at the College of Staten Island and an instructor in the MFA program at Sierra Nevada College. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTerrance Hayes\u003c\/b\u003e is a winner of the National Book Award and a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eAmerican Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 338\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 07, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770287161632,"sku":"9781682260951","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/12e2c7611dcca42f547858f87c89b4ca.webp?v=1780368906","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-golden-shovel-anthology-new-poems-honoring-gwendolyn-brooks-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}