{"product_id":"sightseer-in-this-killing-city-9780143133841","title":"Sightseer in This Killing City","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fourth collection from a prize-winning poet whose \"gift is breathtaking\" (Naomi Shihab Nye)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEugene Gloria's \u003ci\u003eSightseer in This Killing City\u003c\/i\u003e captures the surreal and disorienting feelings of the present. In the wake of recent presidential elections in the United States and in the Philippines, Gloria's latest collection sharpens his obsession with arrivals and departures, gun violence, displacement, cultural legacy, and the bitter divisions in America. Through the voice of Nacirema, the central persona of the collection, we are introduced to a character who chooses mystery and inhabits landscapes fraught with beauty and brutality. Gloria quotes melodies from seventies soul and jazz, blending the urban lament of Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane with the idiom of Stevie Wonder and Fela Kuti. \u003ci\u003eSightseer in this Killing City\u003c\/i\u003e is an argument for grace and perseverance in an era of bombast and bullies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143133841\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2019 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/24\/2019 pg. 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/23\/2019 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Eugene Gloria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43103743934645,"sku":"9780143133841","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_45539362-196d-416e-90d7-d6a5ccb232ce.jpg?v=1693279147","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sightseer-in-this-killing-city-9780143133841","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}