{"product_id":"kushner-aviya-wolf-lamb-pb","title":"Kushner, Aviya: Wolf Lamb Bomb","description":"\u003cp\u003eOrison Books, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: June 1, 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the The 2021 \u003cem\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eAward in Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAviya Kushner's debut poetry collection, \u003cem\u003eWolf Lamb Bomb\u003c\/em\u003e, revives and reimagines the Book of Isaiah in an intimate conversation between woman and prophet. In the aftermath of September 11\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e, ongoing violence in the Middle East, and resurgent antisemitism, Kushner reflects on a Biblical understanding of humanity and justice. \u003cem\u003eWolf Lamb Bomb\u003c\/em\u003e wonders equally about our relationship with an inherited past and our desire to understand the precarious present. These poems place the prophet Isaiah in the position of poet, crooner, and rival as they search for a guide in poetry and in life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAviya Kushner grew up in a Hebrew-speaking home in New York. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Grammar of God: A Journey into the Words and Worlds of the Bible\u003c\/em\u003e (Spiegel \u0026amp; Grau \/ Penguin Random House), which was a National Jewish Book Award Finalist, a Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature Finalist, and one of \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e‘s Top 10 Religion Stories of the year, as well as the poetry chapbook \u003cem\u003eEve and All the Wrong Men\u003c\/em\u003e (Dancing Girl Press, 2019). Kushner is \u003cem\u003eThe Forward\u003c\/em\u003e‘s language columnist, and previously wrote a travel column for \u003cem\u003eThe International Jerusalem Post.\u003c\/em\u003e She is an associate professor at Columbia College Chicago, a founding faculty member at the Randolph College MFA program, and a member of The Third Coast Translators Collective. Her work has been supported by the Howard Foundation, the Illinois Arts Council, and the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41624959942679,"sku":"9781949039177","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/img_proxy_300x_b3b7a9cc-9adc-4bb1-90d3-08361f1e668a.jpg?v=1724538990","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/kushner-aviya-wolf-lamb-pb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}