{"product_id":"be-recorder-poems-paperback","title":"Be Recorder: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarmen Giménez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the National Book Award for Poetry \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003eFinalist for the PEN Open Book Award \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003e Finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarmen Gim nez Smith dares to demand renewal for a world made unrecognizable\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBe Recorder offers readers a blazing way forward into an as yet unmade world. The many times and tongues in these poems investigate the precariousness of personhood in lines that excoriate and sanctify. Carmen Gim nez Smith turns the increasingly pressing urge to cry out into a dream of rebellion--against compromise, against inertia, against self-delusion, and against the ways the media dream up our complacency in an America that depends on it. This reckoning with self and nation demonstrates that who and where we are is as conditional as the fact of our compliance: \"Miss America from sea to shining sea \/ the huddled masses have a question \/ there is one of you and all of us.\" \u003ci\u003eBe Recorder\u003c\/i\u003e is unrepentant and unstoppable, and affirms Gim nez Smith as one of the most vital and vivacious poets of our time.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarmen Giménez Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six books, including \u003ci\u003eMilk and Filth\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in poetry, and \u003ci\u003eBring Down the Little Birds\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the American Book Award. She teaches at Virginia Tech University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.9 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 06, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Book Awards (2019)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42730523656255,"sku":"9781555978488","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/2144a4e6be5af0f18a04fe20381f40ca.webp?v=1765126113","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/be-recorder-poems-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}