{"product_id":"far-district-poems-paperback","title":"Far District: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIshion Hutchinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A marvelous book of generous, giving poems.\" --Yusef Komunyakaa, author of \u003ci\u003eEveryday Mojo Songs of Earth \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFar District\u003c\/i\u003e, the transporting debut by the author of \u003ci\u003eHouse of Lords and Commons\u003c\/i\u003e, charts the spiritual path of a poet-speaker caught between two spheres: the culture of bush people and a luminous, dangerous sea of myth. Crafting an impressionistic portrait of his youth in Jamaica, Ishion Hutchinson explores the West Indian distrust of European literature and mythology. The speaker fears the land of myth because he is loyal to the bush people, but he also desires to transcend his physical and intellectual poverty. Little by little, the two cultures come together as the speaker begins grafting childhood memories onto the realm of imagination, shaped by art, music, literature, and new glimpses of the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in both traditional and formless verse, as well as in English and Jamaican patois, \u003ci\u003eFar District \u003c\/i\u003eis an indelible, urgent collection. As the PEN\/Joyce Osterweil Award committee said of its 2011 winner, \"\u003ci\u003eFar District\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic, which is to say a rare and exemplary first book.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIshion Hutchinson\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Port Antonio, Jamaica. He is the author of the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eHouse of Lords \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Commons\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry, and \u003ci\u003eSchool of Instructions\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Joseph Brodsky Rome Prize in Literature, the Whiting Writers' Award, and a Windham-Campbell Prize in Poetry, among other honors. He lives in Ithaca, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47456794181810,"sku":"9780374604820","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/7f1ba4e03dc876092750f7522972d96c.webp?v=1778871384","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/far-district-poems-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}