{"product_id":"my-specific-awe-and-wonder-poems-9781578691784","title":"My Specific Awe and Wonder: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eReuben Jackson's rhythmic and musical poems merge love, beauty, justice, and the lived Black experience in America. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy Specific Awe and Wonder is a collection of new and selected poems Jackson described as \"a love letter to Vermont\" with \"all the potholes visible.\" Here are poems about his experience living in, loving, and leaving Vermont, alongside poems of his childhood, his DC neighborhood, his travels-both physical and metaphorical-and the Kelly Donaldson persona poems that tell it like it is. This collection, Jackson's third, includes poems that he called his \"strongest, most evocative work.\" Jackson (1956-2024) left behind handwritten drafts and voicemails, which have been transcribed and compiled posthumously to keep his voice and legacy of poetry alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection includes an introduction by poet and activist LN Bethea, and a tribute poem by Rajnii Eddins, author of \u003cem\u003eTheir Names Are Mine\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Reuben Jackson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rootstock Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.17d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781578691784","brand":"Rootstock Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42917454053513,"sku":"9781578691784","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_843afd67-0cd0-4109-9851-dae1c626a02a.jpg?v=1724137748","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/my-specific-awe-and-wonder-poems-9781578691784","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}