{"product_id":"imperial-liquor-poems-9780822966067","title":"Imperial Liquor: Poems","description":"\u003ci\u003eImperial Liquor \u003c\/i\u003eis a chronicle of melancholy, a reaction to the monotony of racism. These poems concern loneliness, fear, fatigue, rage, and love; they hold fatherhood held against the vulnerability of the black male body, aging, and urban decay. Part remembrance, part swan song for the Compton, California of the 1980s, Johnson examines the limitations of romance to heal broken relationships or rebuild a broken city. Slow Jams, red-lit rooms, cheap liquor, like seduction and betrayal--what's more American? This book tracks echoes, rides the residue of music \"after the love is gone.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSmokey\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e the most dangerous men \u003cbr\u003e in my neighborhood \u003cbr\u003e only listened to love songs \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e to reach those notes \u003cbr\u003e a musicologist told me \u003cbr\u003e a man essentially cuts \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e his own throat. some nights \u003cbr\u003e even now, i'll hear a falsetto \u003cbr\u003e and think i should run\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822966067\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2020 pg. 8\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Amaud Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36644854399132,"sku":"9780822966067","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fbc167af-3539-4009-b702-9b8f9188ad9b.jpg?v=1603859639","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/imperial-liquor-poems-9780822966067","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}