{"product_id":"end-of-empire-marissa-davis-9780143138471","title":"End of Empire","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom a prizewinning poet whose work \"points to an unfathomably bright future for the canon\" (Danez Smith), a stunningly lush collection about desire, resilience, and our fraught and ecstatic relationship with the natural world\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA collection as remarkable for the force of its feeling as for the range of its vision, \u003ci\u003eEnd of Empire \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the tensions of Black and American identity within an ecological framework. Inspired by the language and landscape of the poet's rural Kentucky hometown and the ways that inherited religious and political narratives shape our relationships with our surroundings and ourselves, these poems reckon with the ways the speaker, their body, and their natural and ideological surroundings continuously remake each other. Formally dynamic, emotionally resonant, and rich with biblical, mythological, and historical allusions, these are elegant, impeccably crafted pieces that evoke the fearsome power of nature and of the tangled, sensual self.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marissa Davis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143138472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143138471\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Marissa Davis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46685830742271,"sku":"9780143138471","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4f4a8e55-034c-4ea1-a703-362b2ed51c5a.jpg?v=1741726901","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/end-of-empire-marissa-davis-9780143138471","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}