{"product_id":"hip-logic-isbn-9780142001394","title":"Hip Logic","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe second collection of poetry from the author of \u003ci\u003eLighthead\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2010 National Book Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWatch for the new collection of poetry from Terrance Hayes, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin\u003c\/i\u003e, coming in June of 2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eTerrance Hayes is a dazzlingly original poet, interested in adventurous explorations of subject and form. His new work, \u003ci\u003eHip Logic\u003c\/i\u003e, is full of poetic tributes to the likes of Paul Robeson, Big Bird, Balthus, and Mr. T, as well as poems based on the anagram principle of words within a word. Throughout, Hayes's verse dances in a kind of homemade music box, with notes that range from tender to erudite, associative to narrative, humorous to political. \u003ci\u003eHip Logic\u003c\/i\u003e does much to capture the nuances of contemporary male African American identity and confirms Hayes's reputation as one of the most compelling new voices in American poetry.Hip LogicLorde\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI. At the First Clear Word\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmcee\u003cbr\u003eTouch\u003cbr\u003eThe Things-No-One-Knows Blues\u003cbr\u003eARS Poetica #789\u003cbr\u003eHip Logic\u003cbr\u003eSonnet\u003cbr\u003eMr. T-\u003cbr\u003eShaft and the Enchanted Shoe Factory or ARS Poetica: The Epic Quest for Language\u003cbr\u003eSquawk\u003cbr\u003eButter\u003cbr\u003eOrigin of the Days\u003cbr\u003eGospel of the Two Sisters\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII. A Gram of \u0026amp;s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbductor\u003cbr\u003eAlthough\u003cbr\u003eAmbulance\u003cbr\u003eApothecary\u003cbr\u003eBeckoned\u003cbr\u003eBowling\u003cbr\u003eBreathe\u003cbr\u003eCareless\u003cbr\u003eCorporal\u003cbr\u003eExample\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII. Conjure\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFriday Poem\u003cbr\u003eFor Paul Robeson\u003cbr\u003eDiego Rivera - Dama de Blanco, 1939\u003cbr\u003eFor Robert Hayden\u003cbr\u003eBroken Dangerfield Newby Villanelle\u003cbr\u003eWilliam H. Johnson\u003cbr\u003eOde to Balthus\u003cbr\u003eThe Gulf Stream\/Four Studies\u003cbr\u003eSleeping Woman\u003cbr\u003eStill Music\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV. A Gram of \u0026amp;s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGander\u003cbr\u003eGeneral\u003cbr\u003eMasculine\u003cbr\u003eNuclear\u003cbr\u003eOverseas\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eRepaid\u003cbr\u003eSaintly\u003cbr\u003eSegregate\u003cbr\u003eStupor\u003cbr\u003eToenails\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eV. The Law of Falling and Catching Up\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFire\u003cbr\u003eGun\/Woman\/Son\u003cbr\u003eHeartthrob\u003cbr\u003eMother and Son\u003cbr\u003eBlues Procession\u003cbr\u003eFlorida\u003cbr\u003eThe Flame\u003cbr\u003eOde to Stone\u003cbr\u003eAlter Call\u003cbr\u003eAutumn\u003cbr\u003eThe Same City\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e“Hayes is one elegant poet.  First you’ll marvel at his skill, his near-perfect pitch, his disarming humor, his brilliant turns of phrase.  Then you’ll notice the grace, the tenderness.” \u003cb\u003e– Cornelius Eady\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A book like no other. . . his range, like his original music, is that of a bold virtuoso . . . the imaginative logic in these poems is irrefutable.” \u003cb\u003e– \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Here is a brilliant and compassionate poet inventing new doorways for the heart.” \u003cb\u003e– Toi Derricotte\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eTerrance Hayes\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of\u003ci\u003e Lighthead,\u003c\/i\u003e winner of the 2010 National Book Award and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His other books are \u003ci\u003eWind In a Box, Hip Logic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMuscular Music\u003c\/i\u003e. His honors include a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a 2014 MacArthur Fellowship. \u003ci\u003eHow To Be Drawn\u003c\/i\u003e, his most recent collection of poems, was a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award and received the 2016 NAACP Image Award for Poetry.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304409583845,"sku":"NP9780142001394","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780142001394.jpg?v=1767729068","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/hip-logic-isbn-9780142001394","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}