{"product_id":"one-big-self-9781556592584","title":"One Big Self","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor a long while now, C. D. Wright has been writing some of the greatest poetry-cum-prose you can find in American literature. \u003ci\u003eOne Big Self\u003c\/i\u003e does to the contemporary prison-industrial complex what James Agee did to poverty -- it reacts passionately and lyrically (and idiosyncratically) to a sociopolitical abomination. This book, while angry and sorrowful and bewildered, has humor, constant levity and candor, and countless moments of incredible beauty. --Dave Eggers, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wright has found a way to wed fragments of an iconic America to a luminously strange idiom, eerie as a tin whistle, which she uses to evoke the haunted quality of our carnal existence.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by numerous visits inside Louisiana state prisons--where MacArthur Fellow C.D. Wright served as a \"factotum\" for a portrait photographer--\u003ci\u003eOne Big Self\u003c\/i\u003e bears witness to incarcerated men and women and speaks to the psychic toll of protracted time passed in constricted space. It is a riveting mosaic of distinct voices, epistolary pieces, elements from a moralistic board game, road signage, prison data, inmate correspondence, and \"counts\" of things--from baby's teeth to chigger bites: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eCount your folding money\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCount the times you said you wouldn't go back\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCount your debts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCount the roaches when the light comes on\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCount your kids after the housefire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eOne Big Self\u003c\/i\u003e--originally published as a large-format limited edition that featured photographs and text--was selected by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e as a notable book of the year. This edition features the poem exclusively.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eC.D. Wright\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of ten books of poetry, including several collaborations with photographer Deborah Luster. She is a professor at Brown University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-375631\"\u003eC. D. Wright\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.45h x 7.12w x 0.33d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556592584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1556592582\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-POE005010\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eC.D. Wright, a Professor of English at Brown University, is the author of eleven books of poetry, as well as several collaborative works with photographer Deborah Luster, most recently One Big Self: Prisoners of Louisiana. She has earned fellowships from the MacArthur and Guggenheim foundations, and is the recipient of a Lannan Literary Award. She lives in Rhode Island.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42711187423469,"sku":"9781556592584","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_1dd2c02d-d337-4618-878b-8519c11424f3.jpg?v=1650156562","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/one-big-self-9781556592584","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}