{"product_id":"forest-primeval-poems-paperback","title":"Forest Primeval: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVievee Francis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner, 2017 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award \u003cbr\u003e Winner, 2016 Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award in the Poetry category \u003cbr\u003e Finalist, 2015 Balcones Poetry Prize \u003cbr\u003e Shortlist finalist, 2015 PEN Open Book Award for an exceptional book by an author of color \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Another Anti-Pastoral,\" \u003c\/i\u003ethe opening poem of \u003ci\u003eForest Primeval\u003c\/i\u003e, confesses that sometimes \"words fail.\" With a \"bleat in [her] throat,\" the poet identifies with the voiceless and wild things in the composed, imposed peace of the Romantic poets with whom she is in dialogue. Vievee Francis's poems engage many of the same concerns as her poetic predecessors--faith in a secular age, the city and nature, aging, and beauty. Words certainly do not fail as Francis sets off into the wild world promised in the title. The wild here is not chaotic but rather free and finely attuned to its surroundings. The reader who joins her will emerge sensitized and changed by the enduring power of her work.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLonglist finalist, 2015 PEN Open Book Award, for an exceptional book by an author of color \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eVIEVEE FRANCIS\u003c\/b\u003e is author of \u003ci\u003eHorse in the Dark \u003c\/i\u003e(2012), winner of the Cave Canem Northwestern University Press Poetry Prize. Her work has appeared in various journals and anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry 2010 \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAngles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. She was the recipient of the 2009 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award and the 2010 Kresge Artist Fellowship. A Cave Canem Fellow, she is currently an associate editor for \u003ci\u003eCallaloo\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.4 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Literary Award (2016)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47350422274297,"sku":"9780810132436","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Y3FzUVZhZWV6eTBRb2VHZG10eDU3Zz09.webp?v=1769786168","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/forest-primeval-poems-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}