{"product_id":"here-is-the-sweet-hand-francine-j-harris-9780374602901","title":"Here Is the Sweet Hand: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWINNER OF THE 2020 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD IN POETRY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe poems in \u003ci\u003eHere is the Sweet Hand \u003c\/i\u003eexplore solitude as a way of seeing. In particular, the speakers in francine j. harris' third collection explore the mystique, and myth, of female loneliness as it relates to blackness, aging, landscape and artistic tradition.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe speakers in these poems are often protagonists. Against the backdrop of numerous American cities and towns, and in a time of political uncertainty, they are heroines in their quest to find logic through their own sense of the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe poems here are interested in the power of observation. But if there is authority in the individual versus the collective, \u003ci\u003eHere is the Sweet Hand\u003c\/i\u003e also poses questions about the source of that power, or where it may lead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs in her acclaimed previous collections, harris' skillful use of imagery and experimentation with the boundaries of language set the stage for unorthodox election commemoration, subway panic, zoomorphism, and linguistic battlefields. From poems in dialogue with the artistry of Toni Morrison and Charles Burnett to poems that wrestle with the moods of Frank Stanford and Ty Dolla $ign, the speakers in this book signal a turn at once inward and opening.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Francine J. Harris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374602905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374602901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/03\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.45w x 0.40d","brand":"Francine J. Harris","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044435882239,"sku":"9780374602901","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b1846de3-dfe3-4d5b-a4f8-0dc3766a8477.jpg?v=1684972837","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/here-is-the-sweet-hand-francine-j-harris-9780374602901","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}