{"product_id":"lullaby-for-the-grieving-9798885740586","title":"Lullaby for the Grieving","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith previous work hailed by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e as \"unflinching\" and \"piercing\", Ashley M. Jones's \u003cem\u003eLullaby for the Grieving\u003c\/em\u003e is her most personal collection to date.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her fourth poetry collection, Jones studies the multifaceted nature of grief: the personal grief of losing her father, and the political grief tied to Black Southern identity. How does one find a path through the deep sorrow of losing a parent? What wonders of Blackness have to be suppressed to make way for \"progress\"?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJourneying through landscapes of Alabama, the Middle Passage and Underground Railroad, interior spaces of loss and love, and her father's garden, Jones constructs both an elegy for her father and a celebration of the sacred exuberance and audacity of life. Featuring poems from her tenure as Alabama's first Black and youngest Poet Laureate, \u003cem\u003eLullaby for the Grieving\u003c\/em\u003e finds calm in unimaginable storms and attempts to listen for the sounds of healing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAshley M. Jones\u003c\/b\u003e served as the first Black and youngest Poet Laureate of Alabama from 2022-2026. She is the author of three previous collections of poetry, including \u003cem\u003eReparations Now!\u003c\/em\u003e, longlisted for the PEN Voelker Poetry Award. Jones and her work have been featured by \u003cem\u003ePoetry, Good Morning America, the BBC, the New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e and other publications. Jones holds an MFA in Poetry from Florida International University, and she is currently a PhD student in English at Old Dominion University. She is the founding director of the Magic City Poetry Festival in Birmingham, Alabama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hub City Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51603334627602,"sku":"9798885740586","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_186ee74e-5f37-497d-a79a-7323bdaa3f0a.jpg?v=1757434658","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lullaby-for-the-grieving-9798885740586","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}