{"product_id":"quiet-victoria-adukwei-bulley-9780593535646","title":"Quiet: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eA black British poet making her thrilling American debut explores the importance of \"quiet\" in producing forms of community, resistance, and love.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Bulley's stunning poems draw you in with their melodious versatility, intellect and dexterity; [they] perfectly embody the political through the personal.\"--Bernardine Evaristo, Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eGirl, Woman, Other\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow does one encounter meaning amid so many kinds of noise? What is quiet when it isn't silence? Where does quiet exist--and what liberating potential might it hold? These poems dwell on ideas of black interiority, intimacy, and selfhood, and they celebrate as fiercely as they mourn. With a metaphysical edge and a formal restlessness attuned to both the sonics and the inadequacies of language, \u003ci\u003eQuiet\u003c\/i\u003e navigates the tension between the impulse to guard one's inner life and the knowledge that, as Audre Lorde writes, \"your silence will not protect you.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Victoria Adukwei Bulley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593535642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593535646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/20\/2023","brand":"Victoria Adukwei Bulley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44070770770175,"sku":"9780593535646","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e26a1cbc-9b27-4b99-9dba-7a5ccb7912cd.jpg?v=1685432244","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/quiet-victoria-adukwei-bulley-9780593535646","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}