{"product_id":"lighthead-terrance-hayes-9780143116967","title":"Lighthead: Poems (National Book Award Winner)","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2010 National Book Award for Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWatch for the new collection of poetry from Terrance Hayes, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin\u003c\/i\u003e, coming in June of 2018\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In his fourth collection, Terrance Hayes investigates how we construct experience. With one foot firmly grounded in the everyday and the other hovering in the air, his poems braid dream and reality into a poetry that is both dark and buoyant. Cultural icons as diverse as Fela Kuti, Harriet Tubman, and Wallace Stevens appear with meditations on desire and history. We see Hayes testing the line between story and song in a series of stunning poems inspired by the Pecha Kucha, a Japanese presenta­tion format. This innovative collection presents the light- headedness of a mind trying to pull against gravity and time. Fueled by an imagination that enlightens, delights, and ignites, \u003ci\u003eLighthead\u003c\/i\u003e leaves us illuminated and scorched.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Terrance Hayes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143116967\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143116967\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.56h x 5.40w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Critics Circle Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Hurston\/Wright LEGACY Award - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/22\/2010 pg. 53\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2010 pg. 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/25\/2010 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/11\/2015 pg. 78","brand":"Terrance Hayes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049589600511,"sku":"9780143116967","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7e43faa5-b883-4619-ab88-45219a4c1df1.jpg?v=1685002382","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lighthead-terrance-hayes-9780143116967","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}