{"product_id":"ordinary-light-a-memoir-9780345804075","title":"Ordinary Light: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - This dazzling memoir from the former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eLife on Mars\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a young artist struggling to fashion her own understanding of belief, loss, history, and what it means to be black in America. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Engrossing in its spare, simple understatement.... Evocative ... luminous.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOrdinary Light, \u003c\/i\u003e Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith tells her remarkable story, giving us a quietly potent memoir that explores her coming-of-age and the meaning of home against a complex backdrop of race, faith, and the unbreakable bond between a mother and daughter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTRACY K. SMITH is the United States Poet Laureate. She is the author of four acclaimed books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eWade in the Water\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLife on Mars, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice, and a \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, Library Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year. A professor of creative writing at Princeton University, she lives in Princeton with her family.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50631609352466,"sku":"9780345804075","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fa53a602-8caf-4aeb-af15-91ff0532bdf8.jpg?v=1732777597","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ordinary-light-a-memoir-9780345804075","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}