{"product_id":"the-study-of-human-life-paperback","title":"The Study of Human Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoshua Bennett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Paterson Poetry Prize, and longlisted for the Griffin Prize and the Massachusetts Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn acclaimed poet further extends his range into the realm of speculative fiction, while addressing issues as varied as abolition, Black ecological consciousness, and the boundless promise of parenthood \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeaturing the novella \"The Book of Mycah,\" soon to be adapted by Lena Waithe's Hillman Grad Productions \u0026amp; Warner Bros. TV\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcross three sequences, Joshua Bennett's new book recalls and reimagines social worlds almost but not entirely lost, all while gesturing toward the ones we are building even now, in the midst of a state of emergency, together. Bennett opens with a set of autobiographical poems that deal with themes of family, life, death, vulnerability, and the joys and dreams of youth. The central section, \"The Book of Mycah,\" features an alternate history where Malcolm X is resurrected from the dead, as is a young black man shot by the police some fifty years later in Brooklyn. The final section of \u003ci\u003eThe Study of Human Life\u003c\/i\u003e are poems that Bennett has written about fatherhood, on the heels of his own first child being born last fall.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoet, performer, and scholar Joshua Bennett is the author of two collections of poetry, \u003ci\u003eOwed\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sobbing School\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a book of criticism, \u003ci\u003eBeing Property Once Myself: Blackness and the End of Man\u003c\/i\u003e. His first work of narrative nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eSpoken Word: A Cultural History\u003c\/i\u003e, is forthcoming from Knopf. He received his PhD in English from Princeton University, and is currently Professor of English and Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. His writing has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Yale Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. In 2021, he was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Whiting Award in Poetry and Nonfiction. He lives in Boston.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.1 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766401466656,"sku":"9780143136828","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/47adbee2fda069acdb883852a2ef41ed.webp?v=1780292008","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-study-of-human-life-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}