{"product_id":"vessel-poems-9781571314673","title":"Vessel: Poems","description":"The imagination of a girl, the retelling of family stories, and the unfolding of a rich and often painful history: Parneshia Jones' debut collection explores the intersections of these elements of experience with refreshing candor and metaphorical purpose. A child of the South speaking in the rhythms of Chicago, Jones knits \"a human quilt\" with herself at the center. She relates everything from the awkward trip to Marshall Fields with her mother to buy her first bra to the late whiskey-infused nights of her father's world. In the South, \"lard sizzles a sermon from the stove\"; in Chicago, we feast on an \"opera of peppers and pimento.\" Jones intertwines the stories of her own family with those of historical Black figures, including Marvin Gaye and Josephine Baker. Affectionate, dynamic, and uncommonly observant, these poems mine the richness of history to create a map of identity and influence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571314673\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2015 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/16\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/28\/2015\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Parneshia Jones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36660150567068,"sku":"9781571314673","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_314e6b2c-dc15-44e7-89ae-4fe3a7dad2d0.jpg?v=1603896208","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/vessel-poems-9781571314673","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}