{"product_id":"gathering-the-tribes-9780300246322","title":"Gathering the Tribes","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn examination of kinship and uprootedness, \u003ci\u003eGathering the Tribes\u003c\/i\u003e is the first volume of poetry by Carolyn Forch  and the 71st volume of the Yale Series of Younger Poets\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The poems in \u003ci\u003eGathering the Tribes\u003c\/i\u003e recount experiences from the author's adolescence and young-adult life, closely bound to the natural cycles of the seasons, of generations, of the body's functioning. Many deal with uprootedness--hasty emigrations from Czechoslovakia and Kiev, the loss of grandparents and other elders, people leaving and being sent away. But this poetry is not a sentimental celebration of the goodness of nature and harmony with the world is never something assumed. The harmony Forch  seeks goes deeper than simple submission to natural processes or identification with an ethnic group, and it must be fought for with a tenuous faith. The balance that must be found between the ugliness, the harshness of her history--both natural and social--and its intense beauty, is what distinguishes Forch 's poetry and gives it its depth and dimension.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarolyn Forché\u003c\/b\u003e is director of the Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice at Georgetown University. Her other books of poetry include \u003ci\u003eThe Country Between Us\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Angel of History\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBlue Hour\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50318971765010,"sku":"9780300246322","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d91bf4a2-a72e-477c-b8f1-f7090ecf0735.jpg?v=1727563053","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/gathering-the-tribes-9780300246322","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}