{"product_id":"the-murmuring-grief-of-the-americas-paperback","title":"The Murmuring Grief of the Americas - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel Borzutzky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"All I ever wanted is to keep the police away from the outside of my body and keep the police away from the inside of my body.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Murmuring Grief of the Americas\u003c\/i\u003e, 2016 National Book Award winner Daniel Borzutzky holds to account the private interests driving Western humanitarian decisions, laying bare the immense toll of exploitative labor practices and the self-serving nature of authoritative bodies. These powerful, musical poems explore our hemispheric grief under the yokes of labyrinthine immigration policies, militarized policing, and mass capitalism.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel Borzutzky is a poet and translator. His 2016 collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Performance of Becoming Human\u003c\/i\u003e, received the National Book Award. \u003ci\u003eLake Michigan\u003c\/i\u003e (2018) was a finalist for the Griffin International Poetry Prize. His most recent translation is Paula Ilabaca Nuñez's \u003ci\u003eThe Loose Pearl\u003c\/i\u003e (2022), winner of the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation. He teaches English and Latin American and Latino studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.8 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751173062944,"sku":"9781566897051","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3c294e60732585a856b81ce347e05969.webp?v=1779966366","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-murmuring-grief-of-the-americas-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}