{"product_id":"andrews-jc-of-an-ilk-1","title":"[04\/20\/27] Andrews, JC: Of an Ilk (HB)","description":"\u003cp\u003eYale University Press, hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: April 20, 2027\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 121st winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets prize offers a radiant meditation on grief and hope, queerness and mercy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this volume, JC Andrews tells a lesbian coming-of-age story from the foothills of the Arkansas Ozarks. Her poems--stories of the rural South and of mothers and grandmothers--hold questions as a form of caretaking. Andrews populates her work with kitchens, angels, chimes, horses, and moons, drawing us into a resonant landscape. She writes, \"I dream about spinning \/ in this field until I dig a hole good \/ enough to lie in. I dream about \/ being stuck in it like a music box. \/ Play me, God. I want to know \/ what I sound like.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"These poems slice effortlessly through the grim malignancies of our present moment,\" writes judge Monica Youn, \"carving out new forms and opening up new spaces for love and survival.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45452395511831,"sku":"9780300290189","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/Draw_book_843a671a-c53e-47bf-a1e1-a511a709cca3.png?v=1787268793","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/andrews-jc-of-an-ilk-1","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}