{"product_id":"the-bones-beneath-paperback","title":"The Bones Beneath - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSheila Smith McKoy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE BONES BENEATH captures what it means to be American, Southern, diasporan, what it means to belong and not to belong, and finding many ways home. It transports readers across place and time, focusing on race and racism, health and healing, Africa and America, and mysticism and incantations. The poems call us to remember the histories we are coaxed to forget and opens pathways to understand our shared humanity. You will not leave this work without being changed and without understanding how and why there is hope for us to be better.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSheila Smith McKoy earned her BA at North Carolina State University, her MA at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and her PhD at Duke University. An award- winning poet, fiction writer, and filmmaker, she is the recipient of the 2020 Muriel Craft Bailey Memorial Prize in poetry and co-author of \u003ci\u003eOne Window's Light: A Haiku Collection\u003c\/i\u003e, a collaboration of five Black poets in celebration of the haiku tradition. She has written, produced, directed or served as executive producer for four documentaries: \u003ci\u003eSt Agnes: The Untold Story\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), \u003ci\u003eOpening Doors: The Lives and Legacies of Dr. Lawrence M. Clark and Dr. Augustus M. Witherspoon\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), \u003ci\u003eWLLE: A Voice of the Community\u003c\/i\u003e (Co- Executive Producer, 2015), and \u003ci\u003eLuwero: A Convesation about War, Peace and Gender\u003c\/i\u003e (2017). She served as editor of Obsidian: Literature in the African Diaspora for nine years, 2006 - 2015. Smith McKoy has authored or edited several scholarly books, including \u003ci\u003eWhen Whites Riot: Writing Race and Violence in American and South African Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), \u003ci\u003eThe Elizabeth Keckley Reader\u003c\/i\u003e a two-volume series (2016 and 2017), \u003ci\u003eRecovering the African Feminine Divine: Yemenja Rising\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTeaching Literature and Writing in Prisons\u003c\/i\u003e (forthcoming 2024). A trained mediator, Smith McKoy specializes in restorative justice practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 90\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.7 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 12, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42691528556607,"sku":"9781625570826","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b9ff879f3fc3c35fb7b634fc447356f0.webp?v=1764992409","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-bones-beneath-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}