{"product_id":"brutal-imagination-cornelius-eady-paperback","title":"Brutal Imagination -- Cornelius Eady, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the National Book Award in Poetry \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eBrutal Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e is the work of a poet at the peak of his considerable powers, confronting a crucial subject: the black man in America.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A hymn to all the sons this country has stolen from her African-American families.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\n\n\u003c\/i\u003e\n\nThis poetry collection explores the vision of the black man in white imagination, as well as the black family and the barriers of color, class, and caste that tear it apart. These two main themes showcase Cornelius Eady's range: his deft wit, inventiveness, and skillfully targeted anger, and the way in which he combines the subtle with the charged, street idiom with elegant inversions, harsh images with the sweetly ordinary.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncludes poems that inspired the libretto for Eady's music-drama \u003ci\u003eRunning Man, \u003c\/i\u003e a 1999 Pulitzer Prize finalist.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cornelius Eady\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e G.P. Putnam's Sons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1\/15\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.25\" H x 5.36\" L x 0.35\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780399147203\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50554199638320,"sku":"9780399147203","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9780399147203_a9fe1727-eace-490e-b845-4233696244c2.jpg?v=1774816586","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/brutal-imagination-cornelius-eady-paperback","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}