{"product_id":"blessed-are-the-peacemakers-poems-9780810145177","title":"Blessed Are the Peacemakers: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinner of the 2020 Cave Canem Northwestern University Press Poetry Prize\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At once interested in the cyclical nature of domestic dysfunction and what we do when secrets of buried harm come to light, \u003ci\u003eBlessed Are the Peacemakers\u003c\/i\u003e asks what it means to make peace in the wake of intrafamilial violence and child sexual assault. These poems explore the ways the truth is often hidden behind layers of bleach and shame, and the ways we fail survivors by dismissing their stories and tolerating their abusers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Filled with elegies to the people who have been murdered by state violence, racism, and anti-Blackness in the United States, \u003ci\u003eBlessed Are the Peacemakers\u003c\/i\u003e interrogates the lengths and limitations of grace. Brionne Janae examines what it means to survive--particularly as a Black girl, woman, queer person, or human--and uses self-portraiture to explore how familial and communal trauma plague our mental health. How do we survive the grief of the past and present without becoming numb to or consumed by it? How do we remember, despite our pain, to enjoy our bodies and our lives while we still have them?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBRIONNE JANAE\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eAfter Jubilee\u003c\/i\u003e. Their poetry has appeared in \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the Academy of American Poets \u003ci\u003ePoem-a-Day\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ejubilat\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eRumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWaxwing\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50387284328722,"sku":"9780810145177","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8d748205-3eb6-4504-80cd-5f4956a28694.jpg?v=1728876509","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/blessed-are-the-peacemakers-poems-9780810145177","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}