{"product_id":"american-sonnets-for-my-past-terrance-hayes-9780143133186","title":"American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin","description":"\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the New York Times Critics' Top Books of 2018\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful, timely, dazzling collection of sonnets from one of America's most acclaimed poets, Terrance Hayes, the National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eLighthead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Sonnets that reckon with Donald Trump's America.\" \u003ci\u003e-The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn seventy poems bearing the same title, Terrance Hayes explores the meanings of American, of assassin, and of love in the sonnet form. Written during the first two hundred days of the Trump presidency, these poems are haunted by the country's past and future eras and errors, its dreams and nightmares. Inventive, compassionate, hilarious, melancholy, and bewildered--the wonders of this new collection are irreducible and stunning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Terrance Hayes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143133187\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143133186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/19\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/16\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2018 pg. 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2018 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/13\/2018","brand":"Terrance Hayes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44053711257855,"sku":"9780143133186","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_179f3bca-0dd6-42a2-923d-d4a66d89689e.jpg?v=1685025832","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-sonnets-for-my-past-terrance-hayes-9780143133186","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}