{"product_id":"the-bodys-question-poems-9781555973919","title":"The Body's Question: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe debut collection by the Poet Laureate of the United States\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e* Winner of the 2002 Cave Canem Poetry Prize\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e *\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou are pure appetite. I am pure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAppetite. You are a phantom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn that far-off city where daylight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eClimbs cathedral walls, stone by stolen stone.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --from \"Self-Portrait as the Letter Y\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Body's Question\u003c\/i\u003e by Tracy K. Smith received the 2002 Cave Canem Poetry Prize for the best first book by an African-American poet, selected by Kevin Young. Confronting loss, historical intersections with race and family, and the threshold between childhood and adulthood, Smith gathers courage and direction from the many disparate selves encountered in these poems, until, as she writes, \"I was anyone I wanted to be.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tracy K. Smith,Kevin Young\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.4lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.00w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555973919","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45090064334985,"sku":"9781555973919","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_aa1e26e2-b877-4b46-b3ee-350f5d8cb26d.jpg?v=1766477906","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-bodys-question-poems-9781555973919","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}