{"product_id":"magic-city-yusef-komunyakaa-9780819512086","title":"Magic City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning poet evokes his childhood in Louisiana.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKomunyakaa vividly evokes his childhood in Bogalusa, Louisiana, once a center of Klan activity, and later a focus of Civil Rights efforts. He portrays a child's dawning awareness of the natural and social order around him, rhythms of life in the community, the constant struggle for survival in the face of poverty and racism, the adolescent's awakening sexuality, the beginnings of the poet's awareness of his life and community as it exists in the context of history, and his emerging understanding of his own identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yusef Komunyakaa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0819512087\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780819512086\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wesleyan University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.62w x 0.22d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/1992 pg. 231\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/21\/2004 pg. 15","brand":"Yusef Komunyakaa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051882901759,"sku":"9780819512086","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d2ce1324-cd87-4428-bbca-0b4d4937eb9a.jpg?v=1685015739","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/magic-city-yusef-komunyakaa-9780819512086","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}