{"product_id":"american-sublime-elizabeth-alexander-9781555974329","title":"American Sublime: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliant new collection by Elizabeth Alexander, whose poems bristle with the irresistible quality of a world seen fresh (Rita Dove, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eToo many people have seen too much\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eand lived to tell, or not tell, or tell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewith their silent, patterned bodies, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003etheir glass eyes, gone legs, flower-printed flesh . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-from Notes From \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her fourth remarkable collection, Elizabeth Alexander voices the outcries, dreams, and histories of an African American tradition that goes back to the slave rebellion on the Amistad and to the artists' canvases of nineteenth-century America. In persona poems, historical narratives, jazz riffs, sonnets, elegies, and a sequence of ars poetica, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Sublime\u003c\/i\u003e is Alexander's most vivid and varied collection and affirms her place as one of America's most lively and gifted writers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlexander is an unusual thing, a sensualist of history, a romanticist of race. She weaves biography, history, experience, pop culture and dream. Her poems make the public and private dance together. --\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Alexander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1555974325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555974329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 6.12w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e ALA Notable Books - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Connecticut Book Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2005 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/27\/2005 pg. 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2005 pg. 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2006 pg. 67","brand":"Elizabeth Alexander","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989305196799,"sku":"9781555974329","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_40867d2c-5137-4754-8866-ae5e12476557.jpg?v=1683298749","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-sublime-elizabeth-alexander-9781555974329","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}