{"product_id":"black-crow-dress-9781882295951","title":"Black Crow Dress","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"These poems move forward like a novel in verse with a real understanding of the differences between the past and history. Or, as Johnson herself says in the opening poem, 'Each one is hungry for a voice \u0026amp; music to re-bloom.' This is a poet the best readers will be reading for the rest of their lives.\"--Jericho Brown\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA haunting collection of lyrically intense persona poems, \u003ci\u003eBlack Crow Dress\u003c\/i\u003e is at once about the emancipation of slaves in their myriad voices as well as a meditation on the self. The collection's lush imagery takes us from churchyard to church, chanting the old spirituals, as Roxane Beth Johnson seeks to embody the spirits of the dead: Clea, Caroline, and Zebedee.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"Slave Ancestors Found Unburied in a Dream\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEach one is hungry for a voice \u0026amp; music to re-bloom \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ethem alive in this room like water softens beans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeaning near, close to me they see my tooth \u0026amp; tongue \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ethat test doneness, licks stamps \u0026amp; hums. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir ear listens to what a hand might fiddle \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eif it had fingers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStare this way with eyes like smudges . . .\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoxane Beth Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e's first book of poetry, \u003ci\u003eJublilee\u003c\/i\u003e (Anhinga Press, 2006), won the 2005 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry. She won an AWP Donald Hill Prize in Poetry and a Pushcart Prize in 2007 and has received scholarships and fellowships from The MacDowell Colony, Cave Canem, The Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, San Francisco Arts Commission, and Vermont Studio Center. She lives in San Francisco, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roxane Beth Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alice James Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.6lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 5.70w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781882295951","brand":"Alice James Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45175702913161,"sku":"9781882295951","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_2a50ccf7-6497-4fe9-a236-b944b7c794e5.jpg?v=1768892533","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/black-crow-dress-9781882295951","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}