{"product_id":"dark-thing-poems-paperback","title":"Dark \/\/ Thing: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAshley M. Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003edark \/\/ thing\u003c\/i\u003e is a multifaceted work that explores the darkness\/otherness by which the world sees Black people. Ashley M. Jones stares directly into the face of the racism that allows people to be seen as dark things, as objects that can be killed\/enslaved\/oppressed\/devalued. This work, full as it is of slashes of all kinds, ultimately separates darkness from thingness, affirming and celebrating humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAshley M. Jones\u003c\/b\u003e, a faculty member in the creative writing department of the Alabama School of Fine Arts, received an MFA in Poetry from Florida International University. Her debut poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eMagic City Gospel, \u003c\/i\u003e won the silver medal in poetry in the 2017 Independent Publishers Book Awards. A winner of the 2015 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer's Award, Jones authored poems appearing or forthcoming in a number of publications, including the \u003ci\u003eAcademy of American Poets, Tupelo Quarterly, Prelude, Steel Toe Review, Fjords Review, Quiet Lunch, Poets Respond to Race Anthology, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Harvard Journal of African American Public Policy.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 9 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 12, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693937102911,"sku":"9780807170601","price":25.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/4ce4608c8369895fdeebc4cdb1f54a01.webp?v=1765000458","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/dark-thing-poems-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}