{"product_id":"stones-poems-9781524711153","title":"Stones: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eA book of loss, looking back, and what binds us to life, by a towering poetic talent, called \"one of the poetry stars of his generation.\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"We sleep long, \/ if not sound,\" Kevin Young writes early on in this exquisite gathering of poems, \"Till the end \/ we sing \/ into the wind.\" In scenes and settings that circle family and the generations in the American South--one poem, \"Kith,\" exploring that strange bedfellow of \"kin\"--the speaker and his young son wander among the stones of their ancestors. \"Like heat he seeks them, \/ my son, thirsting \/ to learn those \/ he don't know \/ are his dead.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether it's the fireflies of a Louisiana summer caught in a mason jar (doomed by their collection), or his grandmother, Mama Annie, who latches the screen door when someone steps out for just a moment, all that makes up our flickering precarious joy, all that we want to protect, is lifted into the light in this moving book. \u003ci\u003eStones\u003c\/i\u003e becomes an ode to Young's home places and his dear departed, and to what of them--of us--poetry can save.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781524711153\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.25w x 0.38d","brand":"Kevin Young","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43624064712885,"sku":"9781524711153","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2e44663f-2855-443f-a3c0-6c28eade720d.jpg?v=1707799637","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/stones-poems-9781524711153","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}