{"product_id":"anagnorisis-poems-9780810137844","title":"Anagnorisis: Poems","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2019 Academy of American Poets Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eAnagnorisis: Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, the award-winning poet Kyle Dargan ignites a reckoning. From the depths of his rapidly changing home of Washington, D.C., the poet is both enthralled and provoked, having witnessed-on a digital loop running in the background of Barack Obama's unlikely presidency--the rampant state-sanctioned murder of fellow African Americans. He is pushed toward the same recognition articulated by James Baldwin decades earlier: that an African American may never be considered an equal in citizenship or humanity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This recognition--the moment at which a tragic hero realizes the true nature of his own character, condition, or relationship with an antagonistic entity--is what Aristotle called \u003ci\u003eanagnorisis\u003c\/i\u003e. Not concerned with placatory gratitude nor with coddling the sensibilities of the country's racial majority, Dargan challenges America: \"You, friends- \/ you peckish for a peek \/ at my cloistered, incandescent \/ revelry-were you as earnest \/ about my frostbite, my burns, \/ I would have opened \/ these hands, sated you all.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At a time when U.S. politics are heavily invested in the purported vulnerability of working-class and rural white Americans, these poems allow readers to examine themselves and the nation through the eyes of those who have been burned for centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dargan, Kyle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Triquarterly Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810137844\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d","brand":"Kyle Dargan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39429191827531,"sku":"9780810137844","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_467e81c2-4409-4154-b34d-af2aded1c104.jpg?v=1625775831","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/anagnorisis-poems-9780810137844","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}