{"product_id":"second-nature-paperback-11","title":"Second Nature - 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\u003eChaun Ballard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMatthew Shenoda\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 23rd annual\u003cbr\u003eA. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChaun Ballard's gripping debut collection weaves childhood experiences, \u003cbr\u003ehistorical events, and family stories into a living tapestry of memory that\u003cbr\u003ecelebrates the landscape of Black America, both rural and urban.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRiddled with the ghostly voices of family and\u003cbr\u003efriends, \u003ci\u003eSecond Nature\u003c\/i\u003e is fearless in\u003cbr\u003eits wrestling with America's fractured past and troubled present. In these\u003cbr\u003epoems, W.E.B. DuBois and Fredrick Douglass have a conversation, Michael Brown\u003cbr\u003emeditates on the nature of the cosmos, Johnnie Taylor's guitar sings in\u003cbr\u003esonnets, and the road Walt Whitman set out upon comes alive for a new\u003cbr\u003egeneration. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough innovative re-imaginings of the\u003cbr\u003esonnet, the pastoral, and the contrapuntal, Ballard engages with popular\u003cbr\u003eculture while examining the intricacies of all that is wedded together--form and\u003cbr\u003econtent, mothers and fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers, husband and wife, \u003cbr\u003eand a nation long dependent on created binaries that serve to maintain\u003cbr\u003estructures of oppression. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInterspersed with quotations and inspired by\u003cbr\u003ethe rich legacy of poets who came before him--including poet Matthew Shenoda\u003cbr\u003ewho provides an insightful Foreword to the collection--\u003ci\u003eSecond Nature\u003c\/i\u003e is\u003cbr\u003ea testament to interconnectedness, a love letter to the deep roots that we come\u003cbr\u003efrom, and a reminder of the myriad ways in which one's identity is shaped by\u003cbr\u003ecommunity and country.---\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChaun Ballard\u003c\/b\u003e is a doctoral student of poetry at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is the author of the chapbook \u003ci\u003eFlight\u003c\/i\u003e (Tupelo Press), which received\u003cbr\u003ethe 2018 Sunken Garden Poetry Prize. Ballard's\u003cbr\u003epoems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNarrative Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOxford Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003cbr\u003eNorthwest\u003c\/i\u003e, The \u003ci\u003eMissouri Review\u003c\/i\u003e, The\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and other\u003cbr\u003eliterary magazines. Ballard lives in Lincoln, NE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 126\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 8.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353633997049,"sku":"9781960145529","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/UT5ScVPwf39781960145529_1906c880-b67b-4f05-9e61-58924648ced4.webp?v=1769825467","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/second-nature-paperback-11","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}