{"product_id":"coe-charles-all-sins-fpb","title":"Coe, Charles: All Sins Forgiven","description":"\u003cp\u003eLeapfrog Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: April 2, 2013\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Coe writes about his parents with warmth, insight, and grace . . . with celebration as well as regret. A collection that captures the tenderness and intimacy within the black family. His words construct a path from the innocence of childhood into the winter of aging. His book will outlive much of the poetry being written today.\"--E. Ethelbert Miller\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo relationship is more personal, yet universal, than that of parent and child. These richly detailed poems connect readers with their own experiences in that most fundamental of relationships, and are poignant reminders that the lives of those closest to us sometimes offer the deepest mysteries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"domesticity\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003epampered little girl\u003cbr\u003eno crystal ball to warn you\u003cbr\u003eof dirty laundry mountains.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom \"How My Father Learned to Cook\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBecause of the tomatoes in a neighbor's garden,\u003cbr\u003emy father learned to cook. Because of late summer\u003cbr\u003ehome-grown Indiana tomatoes, drooping on the vine\u003cbr\u003emy father learned to cook. Imagine him at twelve leaning\u003cbr\u003eover the fence of the neighbor's garden curious but shy,\u003cbr\u003eand the neighbor pointing to the open gate.\u003cbr\u003eImagine father digging in the soil, caught in the rhythm\u003cbr\u003eof the gardener's dance\u003cbr\u003eand later handing his surprised mother\u003cbr\u003ethe overstuffed paper bag.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA pretty story, but it never happened; here's what did:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45118192287767,"sku":"9781935248385","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/817xu15zYuL._SL1500.jpg?v=1778360859","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/coe-charles-all-sins-fpb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}