{"product_id":"ordinary-beast-poems-isbn-9780062688804","title":"Ordinary Beast: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eONE OF PUBLISHERS WEEKLY'S TOP 10 POETRY BOOKS OF FALL 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNPR'S MOST ANTICIPATED POETRY BOOKS OF 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA striking, full-length debut collection from Virgin Islands-born poet Nicole Sealey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe existential magnitude, deep intellect, and playful subversion of St. Thomas-born, Florida-raised poet Nicole Sealey’s work is restless in its empathic, succinct examination and lucid awareness of what it means to be human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ranging scope of inquiry undertaken in Ordinary Beast—at times philosophical, emotional, and experiential—is evident in each thrilling twist of image by the poet. In brilliant, often ironic lines that move from meditation to matter of fact in a single beat, Sealey’s voice is always awake to the natural world, to the pain and punishment of existence, to the origins and demises of humanity. Exploring notions of race, sexuality, gender, myth, history, and embodiment with profound understanding, Sealey’s is a poetry that refuses to turn a blind eye or deny. It is a poetry of daunting knowledge. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unflinching collection confronts the beautiful and the brutal:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLyrical and Intellectual Verse:\u003c\/b\u003e Brilliant, often ironic lines that move from meditation to matter of fact, capturing a lucid awareness of what it means to be human.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBlack \u0026amp; Caribbean-American Poetry:\u003c\/b\u003e A vital perspective from a St. Thomas-born, Florida-raised poet navigating myth, history, and the pain and punishment of existence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePoems on Race and Gender:\u003c\/b\u003e An unflinching exploration of race, sexuality, and embodiment that refuses to deny daunting truths about our origins and demises.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eExistential Inquiry:\u003c\/b\u003e A work of restless, empathic intelligence that wrestles with the profound, philosophical, and experiential questions of our lives.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“In this brilliant debut, clarity is ushered through form, strutting its way into life, into our lives.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eClaudia Rankine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The sorceress Sealey...serves up an impossible cento that punches the daylight from your chest. Nothing ordinary here. But beast? Yeah, that’s it. This thing has teeth.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatricia Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Ordinary Beast\u003c\/em\u003e is my favorite kind of book, charged with quiet wisdom and exquisite lyric attention. These are the poems of a nimble mind and a generous soul endeavoring together to make sense of the joys and devastations of being alive. Nicole Sealey is a poet for the ages and this is a stunning debut.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNatasha Trethewey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A stunning cento, an erasure, and a defense serve, together, as ars poetica for Nicole Sealey’s remarkable debut collection.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNatasha Trethewey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888920424677,"sku":"NP9780062688804","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062688804.jpg?v=1730230103","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/ordinary-beast-poems-isbn-9780062688804","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}