{"product_id":"requiem-kwame-dawes-9781900715072","title":"Requiem","description":"In these 'shrines of remembrance' for the millions of the victims of transatlantic slavery, Kwame Dawes constructs a sequence which laments, rages, mourns, but also celebrates survival. Focusing on individual moments in this holocaust which lasted nearly four hundred years, these poems both cauterize a lingering infection and offer the oil of healing. In these taut lyric pieces, Dawes achieves what might seem impossible: saying something fresh about a subject which, despite attempts at historical amnesia, will not go away. He does it by eschewing sentimentality, rant or playing to the audience, black or white. His poems go to the heart of the historical experience and its contemporary reverberations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis sequence was inspired by the award-winning book, \u003ci\u003eThe Middle Passage: White Ships\/Black Cargo\u003c\/i\u003e by the American artist Tom Feelings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kwame Dawes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1900715074\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781900715072\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peepal Tree Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.36h x 5.38w x 0.15d","brand":"Kwame Dawes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486234882303,"sku":"9781900715072","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bc9bddc4-93e6-404c-a2d1-56cf53a9a812.jpg?v=1778054479","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/requiem-kwame-dawes-9781900715072","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}