{"product_id":"odes-of-us-paperback","title":"Odes of Us - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShirley Jones Luke\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eEddie Maisonet\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKristen Wixted\u003c\/b\u003e (Prepared by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book of poetry by Boston-area teen poets, edited by two Boston area poets. All the writers in the book are BIPOC.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlip through the pages of poems, written by Boston-area young people. Brave, potentially overlooked, brilliant wordsmiths who reveal what is on their minds and in their souls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is beauty in these pages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFierceness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdgy moments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLove.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContempt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdmiration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome rage here and there, sometimes hidden behind a metaphor, sometimes not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMostly stuff you either didn't know about, or stuff you knew and forgot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese kids didn't have to write these poems, they chose to. They didn't have to stick with this project over the course of more than a year, either.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome of them are in college now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome of them are still in high school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNone of them wrote specifically about the pandemic, but it hovers in the background.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll of them wrote with their hearts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 54\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.13 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 08, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47407326527666,"sku":"9780998317250","price":10.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/7212c95a033d517e931d487a5084cc32.webp?v=1778217839","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/odes-of-us-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}