{"product_id":"no-bedtime-stories-of-soil-9781955953023","title":"No Bedtime Stories of Soil","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his debut, No Bedtime Stories of Soil, Landon Smith brings to the page what\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Last Poets delivered to the stage. He writes with the prescience of Amiri\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaraka as he explores polyrhythmic political themes with messages in his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epoetry akin to essays by James Baldwin, searing truths that force America to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etake a long hard look at herself. A reckoning. A eulogy. The last sermon on a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecrumbling mount. Smith's voice is the fire we need this time. In \"Ode to Kalief \", \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehe writes \"I hear you in the silence sometimes\/The empty space between what\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyour life should have been and what it became in the hollow space you were\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eleft to erode,\" signaling his collective hearing of the violent silencing of Black\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eatrocities in histories past, present and approaching. Smith's voice is the clarion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecall for these shifted and shifting times-a beacon for what needs our most\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eurgent attention. This book is the one we need right now. Primed for the kairos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emoment. The manual for next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-adrienne danyelle oliver, author, the body has memories and collective madness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Freighter Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781955953023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.22d","brand":"Landon Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52072266236085,"sku":"9781955953023","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5b1ac10f-b9dc-4994-ab86-ead46a91dcdf.jpg?v=1764688281","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/no-bedtime-stories-of-soil-9781955953023","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}