{"product_id":"spectral-evidence-poems-1","title":"Spectral Evidence: Poems","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSpectral Evidence: Poems\u003c\/h1\u003eGregory Pardlo\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003eJanuary 30 2024\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781524731786\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1524731781\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY - \u003cbr\u003eFINALIST FOR THE KINGSLEY TUFTS POETRY AWARD - A powerful meditation on Blackness, beauty, faith, and the force of law, from the beloved award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eDigest \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAir Traffic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElegant, profound, and intoxicating--\u003ci\u003eSpectral Evidence\u003c\/i\u003e, Gregory Pardlo's first major collection of poetry after winning the Pulitzer Prize for \u003ci\u003eDigest\u003c\/i\u003e, moves fluidly among considerations of the pro-wrestler Owen Hart; Tituba, the only Black woman to be accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials; MOVE, the movement and militant separatist group famous for its violent stand-offs with the Philadelphia Police Department (\"flames rose like orchids . . . \/ blocks lay open like egg cartons\"); and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt times cerebral and at other times warm, inviting and deeply personal, \u003ci\u003eSpectral Evidence\u003c\/i\u003e compels us to consider how we think about devotion, beauty and art; about the criminalization and death of Black bodies; about justice--and about how these have been inscribed into our present, our history, and the Western canon: \"If I could be \/ the forensic dreamer \/ . . . \/ . . . my art would be a mortician's \/ paints.\"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67390530781229,"sku":"WHS-fbb9dbc4be8e461a8c14fc1d6befcc49","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_a36bac6d-65a4-414c-82f7-417a59214797.jpg?v=1787343987","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/spectral-evidence-poems-1","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}