{"product_id":"dark-testament-blackout-poems-hardcover","title":"Dark Testament: Blackout Poems - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCrystal Simone Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this extraordinary collection, the award-winning poet Crystal Simone Smith gives voice to the mournful dead, their lives unjustly lost to violence, and to the grieving chorus of protestors in today's Black Lives Matter movement, in search of resilience and hope.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith poems found within the text of George Saunders's \u003ci\u003eLincoln in the Bardo\u003c\/i\u003e, Crystal Simone Smith embarks on an uncompromising exploration of collective mourning and crafts a masterwork that resonates far beyond the page. These poems are visually stark, a gathering of gripping verses that unmasks a dialogue of tragic truths--the stories of lives taken unjustly and too soon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBold and deeply affecting, \u003ci\u003eDark Testament\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable reckoning with our present moment, a call to action, and a plea for a more just future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlong with the poems, \u003ci\u003eDark Testament \u003c\/i\u003eincludes a stirring introduction by the author that speaks to the content of the poetry, a Q\u0026amp;A with George Saunders, and a full-color photo-insert that commemorates victims of unlawful killings with photographs of memorials that have been created in their honor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I love this tremendously skillful, timely, and dazzling repurposing of passages of my novel, \u003ci\u003eLincoln in the Bardo\u003c\/i\u003e. Crystal Simone Smith has, with her amazing ear and heart, found, in that earlier grief, a beautiful echo for our time.\" --George Saunders, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLincoln in the Bardo \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTenth of December \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Written in response to the murder of George Floyd...this touching memorial to the Black lives lost to systemic racism is a rousing homage to those protesting in their honor, who refuse to let these deaths be in vain.\" - \u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCrystal Simone Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two poetry chapbooks, \u003ci\u003eRoutes Home\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRunning Music\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eWildflowers: Haiku, Senryu, and Haibun\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has appeared in numerous journals, including \u003ci\u003eCallaloo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Nimrod\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Barrow Street\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Obsidian II: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLiterature in the African Diaspora\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAfrican American Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMobius: The Journal of Social Change.\u003c\/i\u003e She is an alumna of the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop and the Yale Summer Writers Conference. She holds an MFA from Queens University of Charlotte and lives in Durham, North Carolina, with her husband and two sons where she teaches English composition and creative writing. She is the managing editor of Backbone Press. \u003cb\u003ecrystalsimonesmith.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.7 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 03, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47392426983602,"sku":"9781250854360","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/bb1438c22dc31f4ba2f454e1c89303ec.webp?v=1777963522","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/dark-testament-blackout-poems-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}