{"product_id":"olio-paperback-3","title":"Olio - 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\u003eTyehimba Jess\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2017 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2017 Book Award from the Society of Midland Authors for Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e2016 National Book Critics Circle Award finalist for poetry\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e2017 PEN\/Jean Stein Book Award finalist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e2017 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award finalist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a top poetry book of spring 2016 by \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart fact, part fiction, Tyehimba Jess's much anticipated second book weaves sonnet, song, and narrative to examine the lives of mostly unrecorded African American performers directly before and after the Civil War up to World War I. \u003ci\u003eOlio \u003c\/i\u003eis an effort to understand how they met, resisted, complicated, co-opted, and sometimes defeated attempts to minstrelize them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSo, while I lead this choir, I still find that\u003cbr\u003eI'm being led...I'm a missionary\u003cbr\u003emending my faith in the midst of this flock...\u003cbr\u003eI toil in their fields of praise. When folks see\u003cbr\u003ethese freedmen stand and sing, they hear their God\u003cbr\u003espeak in tongues. These nine dark mouths sing shelter;\u003cbr\u003ethey echo a hymn's haven from slavery's weather.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDetroit native \u003cb\u003eTyehimba Jess\u003c\/b\u003e' first book of poetry, \u003ci\u003eleadbelly\u003c\/i\u003e, was a winner of the 2004 National Poetry Series. Jess, a Cave Canem and NYU Alumni, has received fellowships from the Whiting Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Illinois Arts Council, and the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center. Jess is also a veteran of the 2000 and 2001 Green Mill Poetry Slam Team. He exhibited his poetry at the 2011 TEDxNashville Conference. Jess is an Associate Professor of English at College of Staten Island.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetroit native Tyehimba Jess' first book of poetry, \u003ci\u003eleadbelly\u003c\/i\u003e, was a winner of the 2004 National Poetry Series. \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlack Issues Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e both named it one of the \"Best Poetry Books of 2005.\" Jess, a Cave Canem and NYU Alumni, received a 2004 Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and was a 2004-2005 Winter Fellow at the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center. Jess is also a veteran of the 2000 and 2001 Green Mill Poetry Slam Team, and won a 2000 - 2001 Illinois Arts Council Fellowship in Poetry, the 2001 \u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e Poetry Award, and a 2006 Whiting Fellowship. He exhibited his poetry at the 2011 TEDxNashville Conference. Jess is an Associate Professor of English at College of Staten Island.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.9 x 8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47351709991161,"sku":"9781940696201","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/NUVnR1ZiS1UrY2dyd2pJL0xLQWlDQT09_3b1725bf-ec75-430e-876d-86f7a2d5026a.webp?v=1769800820","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/olio-paperback-3","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}