{"product_id":"mixology-isbn-9780143115830","title":"Mixology","description":"\u003cb\u003eSelected for the 2008 National Poetry Series by Kevin Young\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The poems in Adrian Matejka's second collection, \u003ci\u003eMixology\u003c\/i\u003e, shapeshift through the myriad meanings of \"mixing\" to explore and explode ideas of race, skin politics, appropriation, and cultural identity. Whether the focus of the individual poems is musical, digital, or historical, the otherness implicit in being of more than one racial background guides Matejka's work to the inevitable conclusion that all things-no matter how disparate-are parts of the whole.\" Adrian Matejka provides a profound and powerful cocktail of personal history, hip hop elegy, and inventive language, measuring a clash of emotions and cultures with fat bass lines and sharp wit. A post-soul tour de force that places pop culture in a blender.\"\u003cbr\u003e -Kevin Young, 2008 National Poetry Series judge\u003cb\u003eAdrian Matejka\u003c\/b\u003e's most recent collection of poetry is \u003ci\u003eSomebody Else Sold the World\u003c\/i\u003e. His other books are \u003ci\u003eMap to the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Big Smoke\u003c\/i\u003e, which was the winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and a finalist for both the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize; \u003ci\u003eMixology\u003c\/i\u003e, which was selected for the National Poetry Series; and \u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Garden\u003c\/i\u003e (Alice James Books, 2003), winner of the New York \/ New England Award. Among Matejka's other honors are fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and United States Artists. He served as Poet Laureate of the state of Indiana in 2018-19 and lives in Indianapolis, Indiana.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299909357797,"sku":"NP9780143115830","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143115830.jpg?v=1767732836","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/mixology-isbn-9780143115830","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}