{"product_id":"theres-a-revolution-outside-my-love-letters-from-a-crisis-paperback","title":"There's a Revolution Outside, My Love: Letters from a Crisis - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTracy K. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJohn Freeman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis kaleidoscopic portrait of an unprecedented time brings together some of our most treasured writers today--Edwidge Danticat, Layli Long Soldier, Monica Youn, Julia Alvarez, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor--to give voice to the unthinkable grief and hopeful possibilities born in an era of revolution and change. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A maelstrom of grief, anger, fear and confusion, with glimmers of gratitude and hope: a comprehensive emotional document of a moment.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now is an extraordinary time. Across the country, people are losing their loved ones, their livelihoods, their homes, and even their own lives to COVID-19. Despite the pandemic, countless protests erupted this summer over the recurring loss of Black lives. Reverberations of shock and outrage remain with us all. \u003ci\u003eThere's a Revolution Outside, My Love\u003c\/i\u003e captures and articulates all of these roiling sentiments unleashed by a profound national reckoning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing its title from a powerful letter to her son by Kirsten West Savali, the book fans out from there, offering a rich and intimate view of the change we underwent. Composed of searing letters, essays, poems, reflections, and screeds, \u003ci\u003eThere's a Revolution Outside, My Love\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the work of some of our most powerful and insightful writers who hail from across a range of backgrounds and from almost all fifty states. Among them, these writers have brought home four Pulitzers, two National Book Awards, a fistful of Whitings, and numerous citations in best American poetry, short story, and essay compilations. They are noisy with beauty, and their pieces ring louder and clearer than ever before. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Galvanizing and lyrical, this is a deeply profound anthology of writing filled with pain and beauty, warmth and intimacy. A remarkable feat of empathy, \u003ci\u003eThere's a Revolution Outside, My Love\u003c\/i\u003e offers solace in a time of swirling protest, change, and violence--reminding us of the human scale of the upheaval, and providing hope for a kinder future.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTRACY K. SMITH is the author of four books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eLife on Mars\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Pulitzer Prize. \u003ci\u003eSuch Color: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e will be published in October. She is also the editor of an anthology, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time\u003c\/i\u003e, and cotranslator (with Changtai Bi) of \u003ci\u003eMy Name Will Grow Wide Like a Tree: Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e by Yi Lei. Smith's memoir, \u003ci\u003eOrdinary Light\u003c\/i\u003e, was named a finalist for the National Book Award. From 2017 to 2019, Smith served two terms as the twenty-second Poet Laureate of the United States. She is currently a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJOHN FREEMAN is the founder of \u003ci\u003eFreeman's\u003c\/i\u003e, the literary annual of new writing, and executive editor at Alfred A. Knopf. The author of five books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Park \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Dictionary of the Undoing, \u003c\/i\u003e he has edited several other anthologies including \u003ci\u003eTales of Two Americas, \u003c\/i\u003e a book about inequality in America, and \u003ci\u003eTales of Two Planets, \u003c\/i\u003e which examines the climate crisis globally. He teaches at NYU.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 11, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768080466208,"sku":"9780593314692","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/88edc5a0e62eb5891ad888e2eac54c8d.webp?v=1780324227","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/theres-a-revolution-outside-my-love-letters-from-a-crisis-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}