{"product_id":"spectral-evidence-gregory-pardlo-9781524731786","title":"Spectral Evidence: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eA powerful meditation on Blackness, beauty, faith, and the force of law, from the beloved award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eDigest \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAir Traffic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElegant, profound, and intoxicating--\u003ci\u003eSpectral Evidence\u003c\/i\u003e, Gregory Pardlo's first major collection of poetry after winning the Pulitzer Prize for \u003ci\u003eDigest\u003c\/i\u003e, moves fluidly among considerations of the pro-wrestler Owen Hart; Tituba, the only Black woman to be accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials; MOVE, the movement and militant separatist group famous for its violent stand-offs with the Philadelphia Police Department (\"flames rose like orchids . . . \/ blocks lay open like egg cartons\"); and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt times cerebral and at other times warm, inviting and deeply personal, \u003ci\u003eSpectral Evidence\u003c\/i\u003e compels us to consider how we think about devotion, beauty and art; about the criminalization and death of Black bodies; about justice--and about how these have been inscribed into our present, our history, and the Western canon: \"If I could be \/ the forensic dreamer \/ . . . \/ . . . my art would be a mortician's \/ paints.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gregory Pardlo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1524731781\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781524731786\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alfred A. Knopf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 6.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023 pg. 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2023 pg. 95","brand":"Gregory Pardlo","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44130207531263,"sku":"9781524731786","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7a780c78-2625-4c42-8a7b-e014c252349e.jpg?v=1687468136","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spectral-evidence-gregory-pardlo-9781524731786","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}