{"product_id":"bring-now-the-angels-dilruba-ahmed-9780822966074","title":"Bring Now the Angels: Poems","description":"This collection juxtaposes text from Google Search autocomplete with the intimate language of prayer. Corporate jargon coexists with the incantatory and ancient ghazal form. Ahmed's second book of poetry explores the terrain of loss--of a beloved family member, of human dignity and potential, of the earth as it stands, of hope. Her poems weave mourning with the erratic process of healing, skepticism with an unsteady attempt to regain faith. With poems that are by turns elegiac, biting, and tender, \u003ci\u003eBring Now the Angels\u003c\/i\u003e conveys a desire to move toward transformation and rebirth, even among seemingly insurmountable obstacles: chronic disease, corporate greed, environmental harm, and a general atmosphere of anxiety and violence. \u003cb\u003eUNDERGROUND\u003c\/b\u003e ...They are turning their locks to paint their faces and their daughters' faces. They look on as the girls regard their eyes in mirrors, in the long cracked mirror of history, and war. They paint themselves into existence inside the shuttered rooms of their hearts, where freedom still bristles...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dilruba Ahmed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822966077\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822966074\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d","brand":"Dilruba Ahmed","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048777085183,"sku":"9780822966074","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e85852ba-dd40-409e-a20a-913d72253f42.jpg?v=1684997766","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bring-now-the-angels-dilruba-ahmed-9780822966074","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}