{"product_id":"the-collected-poems-of-sterling-a-brown-9780810142381","title":"The Collected Poems of Sterling A. Brown","description":"Sterling A. Brown was renowned for his trenchant poetry and scholarship on African American folklife. A contemporary of Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, and Jean Toomer, Brown became the first poet laureate of the District of Columbia. His celebrated works, including \u003ci\u003eSouthern Road\u003c\/i\u003e, address issues of race through collages of narrative and dialect unique to Brown's unflinching poetic voice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Edited by the late distinguished poet Michael S. Harper, this classic collection includes a new foreword by award-winning poet Cornelius Eady and the original introduction by Michael S. Harper, as well as introductions to \u003ci\u003eSouthern Road\u003c\/i\u003e by James Weldon Johnson and Sterling Stuckey. The result is a tour de force by one of the most distinctive poets in American letters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper, Michael S.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Triquarterly Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810142381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Michael S. Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32746573398091,"sku":"9780810142381","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_aaef7e40-0b74-4850-aa20-40ebe475f587.jpg?v=1597720435","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/the-collected-poems-of-sterling-a-brown-9780810142381","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}