{"product_id":"slave-moth-a-narrative-in-verse-9780892553181","title":"Slave Moth: A Narrative in Verse","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed by \u003ci\u003eBlack Issues\u003c\/i\u003e as the best poetry book of 2004, this is the astonishing story of a slave girl in the antebellum South.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This critically acclaimed verse-novel follows the unforgettable Varl, a slave on a plantation in Tennessee, on her path to freedom. Wise beyond her years and wildly creative, Varl must choose between the only life she's knownher Mamalee, her friends (especially her beloved Dob), the farmland she's explored since childhoodand her growing need for self-determination. Standing in her path, waiting to quash her spirit, is her master, the cunning Peter Perry, \"a collector of rare things\" who aims to add Varl herself to his perverse assortment of oddities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With \u003ci\u003eSlave Moth\u003c\/i\u003e, Thylias Moss shows herself yet again to be \"a visionary storyteller\" (Charles Simic). Written in gorgeous verse, it is an explosion of life in the face of servitude.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-510754\"\u003eThylias Moss\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Persea Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/17\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 5.44w x 0.43d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780892553181\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0892553189\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":"Persea Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44564155433197,"sku":"9780892553181","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_93782338-4456-4ea9-866e-e2fca19155e9.jpg?v=1701849365","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/slave-moth-a-narrative-in-verse-9780892553181","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}