{"product_id":"dear-vaccine-naomi-shihab-nye-9781606354391","title":"Dear Vaccine: Global Voices Speak to the Pandemic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"In the midst of all this division around the world, something to bring us together.\"--PBS NewsHour\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeople from around the world reflect on the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine through poetry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen so much in our lives ground to a halt in the spring of 2020, no one knew how long the COVID-19 pandemic would last. After long months of shutdowns, social distancing, and worry, the first coronavirus vaccines were released in December 2020. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn March 2021, the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University and the University of Arizona Poetry Center launched the website for the Global Vaccine Poem project, inviting anyone to share experiences of the pandemic and vaccination through poetry. \u003cem\u003eDear Vaccine\u003c\/em\u003e features selections from over 2,000 poetry submissions to the project, which come from all 50 states and 118 different countries. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInternationally acclaimed author Naomi Shihab Nye, in her introduction, highlights the human dimensions found across the responses. Richard Carmona, the 17th Surgeon General of the United States, provides a foreword that contextualizes the global scope of the problem, as well as the political and public health dimensions. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking use of poetry's powerful tools to connect us across division, \u003cem\u003eDear Vaccine\u003c\/em\u003e reminds us that medical advances alone are not enough to solve the vexing challenges of the pandemic; the arts--and poetry--have a profound and critical role to play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Naomi Shihab Nye\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1606354396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781606354391\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kent State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Naomi Shihab Nye","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44055174643967,"sku":"9781606354391","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c9af9f63-c244-466d-84d2-cc95641115d5.jpg?v=1685034215","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dear-vaccine-naomi-shihab-nye-9781606354391","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}