{"product_id":"book-of-kin-paperback","title":"Book of Kin - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDarius Atefat-Peckham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA debut collection that draws on the poet's Iranian heritage to process life-altering loss and grief.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Darius Atefat-Peckham's debut poetry collection follows a boy's coming of age in the aftermath of a car accident that took the lives of both his mother and brother. Through these poems, Atefat-Peckham constructs a language for grief that is porous and revelatory, spoken assuredly across the imagination, bridging time and space, and creating a reciprocal haunting between the living and the dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Inspired by the Persian epic\u003ci\u003e The Book of Kings\u003c\/i\u003e, the Sufi mystic poetry of Rumi, and his mother's poetry, these poems form a path of connection between the author and his Iranian heritage. \u003ci\u003eBook of Kin\u003c\/i\u003e interrogates what it means to exist between cultures, to be a survivor of tragedy, to practice love and joy toward one's beloveds, and to hope for greater connection through poems that wade through time and memory \"like so many fish spreading swimming in the green-blue.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBook of Kin \u003c\/i\u003ewon the 2023 Autumn House Poetry Prize. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDarius Atefat-Peckham\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the chapboo\u003ci\u003ek How Many Love Poems\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of his mother Susan Atefat-Peckham's posthumous collection \u003ci\u003eDeep Are These Distances Between Us\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003ePoetry Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Poem-a-Day\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGeorgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Indiana Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRattle\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere and has been published in anthologies including \u003ci\u003eMy Shadow is My Skin: Voices from the Iranian Diaspora\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2018, he was selected by the Library of Congress as a National Student Poet and he is currently a poetry fellow at the Michener Center for Writers in Austin, Texas. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 25, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695245398079,"sku":"9781637680964","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e0faa3b8d8e96cf1d4f7f6ecede09b00.webp?v=1765003117","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/book-of-kin-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}