{"product_id":"stones-kevin-young-9781524711153","title":"Stones: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eA book of loss, looking back, and what binds us to life, by a towering poetic talent, called \"one of the poetry stars of his generation.\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"We sleep long, \/ if not sound,\" Kevin Young writes early on in this exquisite gathering of poems, \"Till the end \/ we sing \/ into the wind.\" In scenes and settings that circle family and the generations in the American South--one poem, \"Kith,\" exploring that strange bedfellow of \"kin\"--the speaker and his young son wander among the stones of their ancestors. \"Like heat he seeks them, \/ my son, thirsting \/ to learn those \/ he don't know \/ are his dead.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether it's the fireflies of a Louisiana summer caught in a mason jar (doomed by their collection), or his grandmother, Mama Annie, who latches the screen door when someone steps out for just a moment, all that makes up our flickering precarious joy, all that we want to protect, is lifted into the light in this moving book. \u003ci\u003eStones\u003c\/i\u003e becomes an ode to Young's home places and his dear departed, and to what of them--of us--poetry can save.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin Young\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1524711152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781524711153\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 04\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.06w x 0.47d","brand":"Kevin Young","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44810056171775,"sku":"9781524711153","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_339c24df-2b8a-46e8-bbf6-a0ea36334f78.jpg?v=1707928215","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stones-kevin-young-9781524711153","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}