{"product_id":"worldly-things-michael-kleber-diggs-9781639550753","title":"Worldly Things","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Sometimes,\" writes Michael Kleber-Diggs writes in this winner of the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize, \"everything reduces to circles and lines.\"\u003c\/b\u003e In these poems, Kleber-Diggs names delight in the same breath as loss. Moments suffused with love--teaching his daughter how to drive; watching his grandmother bake a cake; waking beside his beloved to ponder trumpet mechanics--couple with moments of wrenching grief--a father's life ended by a gun; mourning children draped around their mother's waist; Freddie Gray's death in police custody. Even in the refuge-space of dreams, a man calls the police on his Black neighbor. But \u003ci\u003eWorldly Things \u003c\/i\u003erefuses to \"offer allegiance\" to this centuries-old status quo. With uncompromising candor, Kleber-Diggs documents the many ways America systemically fails those who call it home while also calling upon our collective potential for something better. \"Let's create folklore side-by-side,\" he urges, asking us to aspire to a form of nurturing defined by tenderness, to a kind of community devoted to mutual prosperity. \"All of us want,\" after all, \"our share of light, and just enough rainfall.\" Sonorous and measured, the poems of \u003ci\u003eWorldly Things \u003c\/i\u003eoffer needed guidance on ways forward--toward radical kindness and a socially responsible poetics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Kleber-Diggs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639550755\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639550753\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 6.30w x 0.47d","brand":"Michael Kleber-Diggs","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054300033279,"sku":"9781639550753","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_688f645a-83a4-4308-9c31-bbe2fa44ac51.jpg?v=1685029153","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/worldly-things-michael-kleber-diggs-9781639550753","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}