{"product_id":"the-renunciations-poems-paperback","title":"The Renunciations: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDonika Kelly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary collection of endurance and transformation by the award-winning author of Bestiary\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Renunciations \u003c\/i\u003eis a book of resilience, survival, and the journey to radically shift one's sense of self in the face of trauma. Moving between a childhood marked by love and abuse and the breaking marriage of that adult child, Donika Kelly charts memory and the body as landscapes to be traversed and tended. These poems construct life rafts and sanctuaries even in their most devastating confrontations with what a person can bear, with how families harm themselves. With the companionship of \"the oracle\"--an observer of memory who knows how each close call with oblivion ends--the act of remembrance becomes curative, and personal mythologies give way to a future defined less by wounds than by possibility. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this gorgeous and heartrending second collection, we find the home one builds inside oneself after reckoning with a legacy of trauma--a home whose construction starts \"with a razing.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonika Kelly\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eBestiary\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2015 Cave Canem Poetry Prize, the 2017 Hurston\/Wright Award for poetry, and the 2018 Kate Tufts Discovery Award. She teaches at the University of Iowa.\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 0.3 x 9 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 04, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e ALA Notable Books (2022)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767529177376,"sku":"9781644450536","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/42bc223f55d0e4edb583bcfd3941bbd2.webp?v=1780312684","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-renunciations-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}