{"product_id":"mother-tongues-tsitsi-ella-jaji-9780810141353","title":"Mother Tongues: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2018 Cave Canem Northwestern University Press Poetry Prize \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tsitsi Ella Jaji's second full-length collection of poems, \u003ci\u003eMother Tongues\u003c\/i\u003e, begins at home, with the first words and loves we learn, and the most intimate vows we swear. How deep does your language go back? Jaji's artful verse is a three-tiered gourd of sustenance, vessel, and folklore. The tongues speak the beginnings and the present; they capture and claim the losses, the ironies, and a poet's human evolution. \u003ci\u003eMother Tongues\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of language unto itself that translates directly to the heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tsitsi Ella Jaji\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810141353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810141353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Tsitsi Ella Jaji","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072800125183,"sku":"9780810141353","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_51332d92-7932-4df7-90fe-e9a2f83f0b12.jpg?v=1685444010","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mother-tongues-tsitsi-ella-jaji-9780810141353","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}