{"product_id":"i-new-selected-9780822966289","title":"I: New \u0026 Selected","description":"Toi Derricotte's story is a hero's journey--a poet earning her way home, to her own commanding powers. \u003ci\u003e\"I\" New and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e shows the reader both the closeness of the enemy and the poet's inherent courage, inventiveness, and joy.It is a record of one woman's response to the repressive and fracturing forces around the subjects of race, class, color, gender, and sexuality. Each poem is an act of victory as the author finds her way through repressive forces to speak with beauty and truth. This collection features more than thirty new poems as well as selections from five previous collections.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eToi Derricotte\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning poet whose work tackles difficult and universal subject matter such as violence, racism, motherhood, and self-identity through an autobiographical lens. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Undertaker's Daughter \u003c\/i\u003eand four previous poetry collections, including \u003ci\u003eTender\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Paterson Poetry Prize. She is the recipient of two Pushcart Prizes and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, among other honors. Derricotte is cofounder of Cave Canem, professor emerita at the University of Pittsburgh, and a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50545755652370,"sku":"9780822966289","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_04afa691-a937-4fba-a930-15b62cdd0130.jpg?v=1731549818","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/i-new-selected-9780822966289","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}