{"product_id":"rukeyser-muriel-the-collected-poems-of-muriel-rukeyser","title":"Rukeyser, Muriel: The Collected Poems of Muriel Rukeyser","description":"\u003cp\u003eUniversity of Pittsburgh Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited by Janet Kaufman and Anne Herzog\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: May 10, 2006\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMuriel Rukeyser held a visionary belief in the human capacity to create social change through language. She earned an international reputation as a powerful voice against enforced silences of all kind, against the violence of war, poverty, and racism. Her eloquent poetry of witness-of the Scottsboro Nine, the Spanish Civil War, the poisoning of the Gauley Bridge laborers-split the darkness covering a shameful world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn addition to the complete texts of her twelve previously published books, this volume also features new poems discovered by the editors; Rukeyser's translations, including the first English translations of Octavio Paz's work; early work by Rukeyser not previously published in book form; and the controversial book-length poem Wake Island. An introduction by the editors traces Rukeyser's life and literary reputation and complements discerning annotations and textual notes to the poems.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44910817476631,"sku":"9780822959243","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/61sPdjVU1QL._SL1500.jpg?v=1775245973","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/rukeyser-muriel-the-collected-poems-of-muriel-rukeyser","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}