America, a Love Story -- Camille T. Dungy, Paperback
New poems on love, family, and art from the author of Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden America, A Love Story is Camille T. Dungy's powerful testament to living and loving as a Black woman and mother in today's America, and her first book of poetry in almost a decade. Piercingly honest and deeply compassionate, this poetry moves through the mounting griefs of contemporary American life with unwavering clarity. The book is part indictment, part celebration--full of gratitude, fear, resistance, and hope. Dungy explores intimacy, parenting, racism, history, and the natural world with clarity and depth. Some poems reflect on the past; others respond to the work of contemporary Black artists. Many are formally playful, including a series of 700-character poems inspired by the 700 hours of sleep a mother loses in her child's first year. Gorgeous, bright, and bold, these poems speak from the edges--between mother and child, body and earth, self and country. They hold tension and tenderness in equal measure, creating a space for love amidst uncertainty. [sample poem] To enter our own empty house She was seven when we stopped
using keys. One less thing to lose. Now we punch a combination. Easy, but hopefully not so easy a stranger could guess. This is where I should stop. They are bound to be angry, my beloveds. I am giving away all our secrets again. Vulnerability is the root of much fury. = I was small. A stone in the yard hid a metal case with a lid that slid like a matchbox top to reveal our key. Lifting that rock I thought of bashing someone's head. I thought of harm lurking, dressed in the body of some stranger. = Sometimes, I wrestle my daughter. I make her tiny body work itself out from under the weight I make of my own. In this way I try to teach her how it feels to break free.America, A Love StoryAuthor: Camille T. Dungy
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Published: 3/24/2026
Pages: 104
Binding Type: Paperback
Size: 0" H x 0" L x 0" W
ISBN: 9780819502261
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