{"product_id":"bring-now-the-angels-poems-paperback","title":"Bring Now the Angels: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDilruba Ahmed\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection juxtaposes text from Google Search autocomplete with the intimate language of prayer. Corporate jargon co-exists with the incantatory and ancient ghazal form. Ahmed's second book of poetry explores the terrain of loss--of a beloved family member, of human dignity \u0026amp; potential, of the earth as it stands, of hope. Her poems weave mourning with the erratic process of healing, skepticism with an unsteady attempt to regain faith. \u003cbr\u003e With poems that are by turns elegiac, biting, and tender, \u003ci\u003eBring Now the Angels\u003c\/i\u003e conveys a desire to move toward transformation and rebirth, even among seemingly insurmountable obstacles: chronic disease, corporate greed, environmental harm, and a general atmosphere of anxiety and violence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBRING NOW THE ANGELS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To test your pulse as you sleep. \u003cbr\u003e Bring the healer the howler the listening ear-- \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bring an apothecary to mix the tincture-- \u003cbr\u003e We need the salve \u003cbr\u003e the tablet the capsule \u003cbr\u003e of the hour-- Bring sword-eaters \u003cbr\u003e and those who will swallow fire-- \u003cbr\u003e Fetch the guardian \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e to flatten the wheelchair, \u003cbr\u003e to hoist it toward heaven: \u003cbr\u003e the public shuttle awaits \u003cbr\u003e the ceaseless trips to the clinic. \u003cbr\u003e To the bedside manner \u003cbr\u003e summon witness: this medic's \u003cbr\u003e disdain toward patients the physician's dismissal \u003cbr\u003e of pain-- \u003cbr\u003e And call the druggist, again, to drug us senseless-- \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bring a nomad to index our debts \u003cbr\u003e tuck each invoice into broken walls \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e of regret-- Call the cleric the clerk \u003cbr\u003e the messengers divine--\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDilruba Ahmed\u003c\/b\u003e's debut book, \u003ci\u003eDhaka Dust\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Bakeless Prize for Poetry awarded by the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. Her poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlackbird, Kenyon Review, New England Review, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePoetry. \u003c\/i\u003eHer poems have also been anthologized in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry 2019\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHalal If You Hear Me\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiterature: The Human Experience\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIndivisible: An Anthology of Contemporary South Asian American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. Ahmed is the recipient of\u003ci\u003e The Florida Review'\u003c\/i\u003es Editors' Award, a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Memorial Prize, and the Katharine Bakeless Nason Fellowship in Poetry awarded by the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 65\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693894668351,"sku":"9780822966074","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b99646d49e8d5e4e5affad5493be364c.webp?v=1765000307","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/bring-now-the-angels-poems-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}