{"product_id":"otherhood-9780822957973","title":"Otherhood","description":"Written in the spaces between otherness and brotherhood, Otherhood combines traditional lyricism with experimentalism, passionate engagement with cold-eyed investigation, and personal details with a depersonalized distance to create a new poetic synthesis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReginald Shepherd\u003c\/b\u003e (1963-2008) was a Black, gay poet who grew up in the Bronx and went on to receive two MFAs, one from Brown University and one from the Iowa Writers Workshop. He authored two collections of poetry criticism and six poetry collections, all published by the University of Pittsburgh Press: \u003ci\u003eRed Clay Weather\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFata Morgana\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Otherhood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Wrong\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Angel, Interrupted\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSome Are Drowning\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has been widely awarded and anthologized and has appeared in four editions of \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e and two Pushcart Prize anthologies. Shepherd received many awards and honors over his career, including grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, among others.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50912542261522,"sku":"9780822957973","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f666c0ba-6638-4141-a1e3-47f12134a4ac.jpg?v=1738773693","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/otherhood-9780822957973","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}