{"product_id":"the-golden-shovel-anthology-new-poems-honoring-gwendolyn-brooks-9781682260951","title":"The Golden Shovel Anthology: New Poems Honoring Gwendolyn Brooks","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"The cross-section of poets with varying poetics and styles gathered here is only one of the many admirable achievements of this volume.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Claudia Rankine in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Golden Shovel Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the life and work of poet and civil rights icon Gwendolyn Brooks through a dynamic new poetic form, the Golden Shovel, created by National Book Award-winner Terrance Hayes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An array of writers--including winners of the Pulitzer Prize, the T. S. Eliot Prize, and the National Book Award, as well as a couple of National Poets Laureate--have written poems for this exciting new anthology: Rita Dove, Billy Collins, Danez Smith, Nikki Giovanni, Sharon Olds, Tracy K. Smith, Mark Doty, Sharon Draper, Richard Powers, and Julia Glass are just a few of the contributing poets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This second edition includes Golden Shovel poems by two winners and six runners-up from an international student poetry competition judged by Nora Brooks Blakely, Gwendolyn Brooks's daughter. The poems by these eight talented high school students add to Ms. Brooks's legacy and contribute to the depth and breadth of this anthology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arkansas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682260951\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Peter Kahn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36665677021340,"sku":"9781682260951","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_de84e1b3-3066-471f-9111-668430434735.jpg?v=1603910109","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-golden-shovel-anthology-new-poems-honoring-gwendolyn-brooks-9781682260951","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}