{"product_id":"annotations-9780811213042","title":"Annotations","description":"An experimental first novel of poem-like compression, \u003cem\u003eAnnotations\u003c\/em\u003e has a great deal to say about growing up Black in St. Louis. Reminiscent of Jean Toomer's \u003cem\u003eCane\u003c\/em\u003e, the book is in part a meditation on African-American autobiography. Keene explores questions of identity from many angles--from race to social class to sexuality (gay and straight). Employing all manner of textual play and rhythmic and rhetorical maneuvers, he (re)creates his life story as a jazz fugue-in-words.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKeene, John:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Keene\u003c\/strong\u003e is a former member of the Dark Room Writers Collective, a graduate fellow of Cave Canem, and the recipient of many awards and fellowships--including a MacArthur Genius Award, the Windham-Campbell Prize, and the Whiting Foundation Prize for fiction. Keene teaches at Rutgers.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50413227999506,"sku":"9780811213042","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1e483f8a-c085-4ae8-9535-4753744a085c.jpg?v=1729349965","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/annotations-9780811213042","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}