{"product_id":"sable-and-selected-poems-9781956056532","title":"Sable and Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection by the award-winning writer Allan Johnston includes \"Sable,\" a lengthy discourse based on the life of Phillis Wheatley, a well-known poet of the eighteenth century and a slave in the household of John Wheatley, a prominent Boston businessman. Wheatley's poems were published and distributed widely to affirm that Blacks could be both artistic and intellectual. The remainder of the book includes poems from previous books and chapbooks, including \u003cem\u003eTasks of Survival, Northport, Departures, Contingencies\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eIn a Window\u003c\/em\u003e. Arranged as they are, the poems in the collection initially speak from an intimate stance but move to a more broadly reflective one while developing an increasing connectedness to the natural world. The collection ends with the sequence \"Return,\" and its poems reflect upon time spent in the Sierra Nevada in California, the author's native state.\u003c\/p\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-795689\"\u003eAllan Johnston\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shanti Arts LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781956056532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 195605653X\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","brand":"Shanti Arts LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44570133594349,"sku":"9781956056532","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_f21843bf-ee36-4e6c-9ca7-19bcaf34078f.jpg?v=1701933340","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/sable-and-selected-poems-9781956056532","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}