{"product_id":"stones-isbn-9781524711153","title":"Stones","description":"\u003cb\u003eA book of loss, looking back, and what binds us to life, by a towering poetic talent, called \"one of the poetry stars of his generation.\" —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"We sleep long, \/ if not sound,\" Kevin Young writes early on in this exquisite gathering of poems, \"Till the end \/ we sing \/ into the wind.\" In scenes and settings that circle family and the generations in the American South—one poem, \"Kith,\" exploring that strange bedfellow of \"kin\"—the speaker and his young son wander among the stones of their ancestors. \"Like heat he seeks them, \/ my son, thirsting \/ to learn those \/ he don't know \/ are his dead.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether it's the fireflies of a Louisiana summer caught in a mason jar (doomed by their collection), or his grandmother, Mama Annie, who latches the screen door when someone steps out for just a moment, all that makes up our flickering precarious joy, all that we want to protect, is lifted into the light in this moving book. \u003ci\u003eStones\u003c\/i\u003e becomes an ode to Young's home places and his dear departed, and to what of them—of us—poetry can save.\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e top ten poetry title of 2021\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e best poetry book of 2021\u003cbr\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e critic Ron Charles’s twelve favorite poetry collections of 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e “Editor’s Choice” selection\u003cbr\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e’s “34 most anticipated books to read this fall”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e’s “10 must-read Southern books this fall”\u003cbr\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThrillist\u003c\/i\u003e’s “24 Books We Can’t Wait to Read This Fall”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An exceptionally beautiful collection, full of retrospection, longing, and grief ambered into verse.” —\u003cb\u003eRon Charles, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eStones\u003c\/i\u003e, Young mines his familial history and calls out moments of sorrow and joy, from musings on his grandmother Mama Annie to poems that consider the generations of people that have lived in the American South. The result is a blistering look at love, loss and everything in between.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Stones\u003c\/i\u003e combines brevity and sharp line breaks. . . . A book of language at its limits.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Joy and sorrow are inseparable in this volume of reminiscence rooted in the American South. . . . [The] poet crafts exquisite portraits of the people he loves and the places he calls home.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOprah Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Young transforms memories, grief into beauty . . . We are lucky he allows us to travel with him into his past and glance over his shoulder.” \u003cb\u003e—Jeremy Redmon, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Distilled meditations on the deep resonance of family and home . . . Evocations of church services, rain, sun, and the music of the dark entwine nature and human longing . . . For Young, words are stones; poems are cairns.” \u003cb\u003e—Donna Seaman, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“With superbly crafted poems that engage the past and the present, Young delivers another ambitious collection across seven lyrically powerful sections. . . . These elegant, measured poems offer insight into the troubled moment through an exhumation of the past, while giving the reader plenty of depth and beauty to carry into the future.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003eKevin Young is the author of fifteen books of poetry and prose, including \u003ci\u003eStones\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize; \u003ci\u003eBlue Laws: Selected \u0026amp; Uncollected Poems 1995–2015\u003c\/i\u003e, longlisted for the National Book Award; \u003ci\u003eBook of Hours\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Lenore Marshall Prize from the Academy of American Poets; \u003ci\u003eJelly Roll: a blues\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry; \u003ci\u003eBunk\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book, longlisted for the National Book Award, and named on many “best of” lists for 2017; and \u003ci\u003eThe Grey Album\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize and the PEN Open Book Award, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism. The poetry editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, Young is the editor of nine other volumes, most recently the acclaimed anthology \u003ci\u003eAfrican American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle \u0026amp; Song\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Society of American Historians, and was named a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets in 2020. He lives and works in Washington, D.C.Resume\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhere the train once rained\u003cbr\u003e          through town\u003cbr\u003elike a river, where the water\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003erose in early summer\u003cbr\u003e          \u0026amp; froze come winter— \u003cbr\u003ewhere the moon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eof the outhouse shone\u003cbr\u003e          its crescent welcome,\u003cbr\u003e where the heavens opened\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; the sun wouldn’t quit— \u003cbr\u003e          past the gully or gulch\u003cbr\u003eor holler or ditch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI was born.\u003cbr\u003e          Or, torn— \u003cbr\u003eDragged myself\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eatop this mountain\u003cbr\u003e          fueled by flour, butter- \u003cbr\u003emilk, grease fires.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhere I’m from\u003cbr\u003e          women speak \u003cbr\u003ein burnt tongues\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; someone’s daddy dug\u003cbr\u003e          a latrine so deep \u003cbr\u003eup from the dark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003edank bottom springs a tree.","brand":"Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303683117285,"sku":"NP9781524711153","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781524711153.jpg?v=1767737357","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/stones-isbn-9781524711153","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}