{"product_id":"kontemporary-amerikan-poetry","title":"Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry","description":"John Murillo's second book is a reflective look at the legacy of institutional, accepted violence against Blacks and Latinos and the personal and societal wreckage wrought by long histories of subjugation. A sparrow trapped in a car window evokes a mother battered by a father's fists; a workout at an iron gym recalls a long-ago mentor who pushed the speaker \"to become something unbreakable.\" The presence of these and poetic forbears--Gil Scott-Heron, Yusef Komunyakaa--provide a context for strength in the face of danger and anger. At the heart of the book is a sonnet crown triggered by the shooting deaths of three Brooklyn men that becomes an extended meditation on the history of racial injustice and the notion of payback as a form of justice.\r","brand":"John Murillo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44442301235436,"sku":"9781945588471","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781945588471.jpg?v=1708838619","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/kontemporary-amerikan-poetry","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}