{"product_id":"buffalo-dance-the-journey-of-york-9780813190884","title":"Buffalo Dance: The Journey of York","description":"\" Winner of the 35th Annual Lillian Smith Book Award, 2004 A BookSense 76 Spring 2004 Top 10 Poetry Book! Read an excerpt from the book Listen to Frank X Walker reading on NPR's \"\"This I Believe\"\" segment of Morning Edition. This collection of persona poems tells the story of the infamous Lewis \u0026amp; Clark expedition from the point of view of Clark's personal slave, York. The poems form a narrative of York's inner and outer journey, before, during and after the expedition--a journey from slavery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalker, Frank X.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Frank X Walker is the author of Black Box, Buffalo Dance: The Journey of York, and Affrilachia. The recipient of a 2005 Lannan Literary Fellowship, the Lillian Smith Book Award, and the Thomas D. Clark Award for Literary Excellence, Walker is Writer-in-Residence at Northern Kentucky University.","brand":"University Press of Kentucky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492137373970,"sku":"9780813190884","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2775d3c2-5e09-4257-9689-8379a30f181a.jpg?v=1730572583","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/buffalo-dance-the-journey-of-york-9780813190884","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}