{"product_id":"golden-ax-9780143137139","title":"Golden Ax","description":"\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2022 National Book Award for Poetry\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the 2023 PEN Open Book Award\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the Poetry Society of America's Norma Farber First Book Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Outstanding . . . the poetry in these pages is intelligent, lyrical, as invested in the past as the present and future with witty nods to pop culture.\" --Roxane Gay, author of \u003ci\u003eHunger\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I've never read anything like it. Truly a sublime experience.\" --Jason Reynolds, author of \u003ci\u003eAin't Burned All the Bright\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking collection about Afropioneerism past and present from Pushcart Prize-nominated poet and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Rio Cortez\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom a visionary writer praised for her captivating work on Black history and experience comes a poetry collection exploring personal, political, and artistic frontiers, journeying from her family's history as \"Afropioneers\" in the American West to shimmering glimpses of transcendent, liberated futures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn poems that range from wry, tongue-in-cheek observations about contemporary life to more nuanced meditations on her ancestors--some of the earliest Black pioneers to settle in the western United States after Reconstruction--\u003ci\u003eGolden Ax\u003c\/i\u003e invites readers to re-imagine the West, Black womanhood, and the legacies that shape and sustain the pursuit of freedom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, Rio Cortez is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe ABCs of Black History \u003c\/i\u003e(Workman, 2020) and \u003ci\u003eI Have Learned to Define a Field As a Space Between Mountains, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the 2015 Toi Dericotte and Cornelius Eady Chapbook Prize. Her honors include a \u003ci\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers \u003c\/i\u003eAmy Award, as well as fellowships from Cave Canem, Canto Mundo, The Jerome Foundation, and Poet's House. Rio holds an MFA in Creative Writing from New York University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50719466488082,"sku":"9780143137139","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cc607af2-5422-4ff8-a64e-531de821ce66.jpg?v=1734667270","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/golden-ax-9780143137139","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}