{"product_id":"imperial-liquor-poems-9780822966067","title":"Imperial Liquor: Poems","description":"\u003ci\u003eImperial Liquor \u003c\/i\u003eis a chronicle of melancholy, a reaction to the monotony of racism. These poems concern loneliness, fear, fatigue, rage, and love; they hold fatherhood held against the vulnerability of the black male body, aging, and urban decay. Part remembrance, part swan song for the Compton, California of the 1980s, Johnson examines the limitations of romance to heal broken relationships or rebuild a broken city. Slow Jams, red-lit rooms, cheap liquor, like seduction and betrayal--what's more American? This book tracks echoes, rides the residue of music \"after the love is gone.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSmokey\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e the most dangerous men \u003cbr\u003e in my neighborhood \u003cbr\u003e only listened to love songs \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e to reach those notes \u003cbr\u003e a musicologist told me \u003cbr\u003e a man essentially cuts \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e his own throat. some nights \u003cbr\u003e even now, i'll hear a falsetto \u003cbr\u003e and think i should run\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12552755\"\u003eAmaud Johnson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822966067\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822966069\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005050\"\u003eAmerican | African American \u0026amp; Black\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA former Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry at Stanford University, \u003cb\u003eAmaud Jamaul Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e is a winner of the Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award, the Edna Meudt Poetry Book Award, a Pushcart Prize, the Dorset Prize, and fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, the MacDowell Colony, and Cave Canem. Born and raised in Compton, California, he is professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he teaches in the MFA Program in Creative Writing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42682332119277,"sku":"9780822966067","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_bce32ca0-8033-47b1-b56a-64cc6d806ee1.jpg?v=1649719555","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/imperial-liquor-poems-9780822966067","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}