{"product_id":"lake-michigan-paperback","title":"Lake Michigan - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel Borzutzky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2019 Griffin Poetry Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Performance of Becoming Human\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, winner of the National Book Award for poetry\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eLake Michigan\u003c\/i\u003e, a series of 19 lyric poems, imagines a prison camp located on the beaches of a Chicago that is privatized, racially segregated, and overrun by a brutal police force. Thinking about the ways in which economic policy, racism, and militarized policing combine to shape the city, \u003ci\u003eLake Michigan\u003c\/i\u003e's poems continue exploring the themes from Borzutzky's \u003ci\u003ePerformance of Becoming Human\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the National Book Award for Poetry. But while the influences in this book (Césaire, Vallejo, Neruda) are international, the focus here is local as the book takes a hard look at neoliberal urbanism in the historic city of Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Borzutzky\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet and translator, and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Performance of Becoming Human\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2016 National Book Award for Poetry. His other books include \u003ci\u003eIn the Murmurs of the Rotten Carcass Economy, Memories of My Overdevelopment, \u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The Book of Interfering Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e. His translation of Galo Ghigliotto's \u003ci\u003eValdivia\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2017 National Translation Award. Other translations include Raúl Zurita's \u003ci\u003eThe Country of Planks \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSong for His Disappeared Love\u003c\/i\u003e; and Jaime Luis Huenun's \u003ci\u003ePort Trakl\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Chicago.\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 0.3 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 09, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693893816383,"sku":"9780822965220","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d2f0d6bcf2d1d20389e69c150e4adf19.webp?v=1765000305","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/lake-michigan-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}