{"product_id":"worldly-things-paperback","title":"Worldly Things - 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\u003eMichael Kleber-Diggs\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Sometimes,\" writes Michael Kleber-Diggs writes in this winner of the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize, \"everything reduces to circles and lines.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In these poems, Kleber-Diggs names delight in the same breath as loss. Moments suffused with love--teaching his daughter how to drive; watching his grandmother bake a cake; waking beside his beloved to ponder trumpet mechanics--couple with moments of wrenching grief--a father's life ended by a gun; mourning children draped around their mother's waist; Freddie Gray's death in police custody. Even in the refuge-space of dreams, a man calls the police on his Black neighbor. But \u003ci\u003eWorldly Things \u003c\/i\u003erefuses to \"offer allegiance\" to this centuries-old status quo. With uncompromising candor, Kleber-Diggs documents the many ways America systemically fails those who call it home while also calling upon our collective potential for something better. \"Let's create folklore side-by-side,\" he urges, asking us to aspire to a form of nurturing defined by tenderness, to a kind of community devoted to mutual prosperity. \"All of us want,\" after all, \"our share of light, and just enough rainfall.\" Sonorous and measured, the poems of \u003ci\u003eWorldly Things \u003c\/i\u003eoffer needed guidance on ways forward--toward radical kindness and a socially responsible poetics.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Kleber-Diggs\u003c\/b\u003e was born and raised in Kansas and now lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eRumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRain Taxi\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's Internet Tendency\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWater Stone Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMidway Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNorth Dakota Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e and a few anthologies. Michael teaches poetry and creative nonfiction through the Minnesota Prison Writers Workshop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 8.27 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 12, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47352299192569,"sku":"9781639550753","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/UW84V3BjbU4rYkErL3ZOR2IxMU9kQT09.webp?v=1769805904","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/worldly-things-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}