{"product_id":"smoking-the-bible-chris-abani-9781556596285","title":"Smoking the Bible","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning author of numerous books, Chris Abani moves between his Igbo ancestry and migration to the United States in poems that evoke the holiness of grief through the startling, central practice of inhaling an immolated Bible.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eSmoking the Bible\u003c\/i\u003e is an arresting collection of poems thick with feeling, shaped by Chris Abani's astounding command of form and metaphor. These poems reveal the personal story of two brothers--one elegizing the other--and the larger story of a man in exile: exile of geography, culture, and memory. What we experience in this emotionally generous collection is a deep spiritual reckoning that draws on ancient African traditions of belief, and an intellectual vivacity drawing on various wisdom literatures and traditions. Abani illustrates the connective geography between harm, regret, and release, as poems move through landscapes of Nigeria, the Midwestern United States, adulthood, and childhood. One has the sense of entering a whole and complex world of the imagination in reading this collection. There is no artifice here, no affectation; and these poems are a study in the very grace of image.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Abani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1556596286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556596285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2022 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/18\/2022 pg. 1","brand":"Chris Abani","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995419934975,"sku":"9781556596285","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f4da1804-a618-429c-a191-1b1282bbadd6.jpg?v=1683335716","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/smoking-the-bible-chris-abani-9781556596285","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}