{"product_id":"spectral-evidence-poems-9781524731786","title":"Spectral Evidence: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eA powerful meditation on Blackness, beauty, faith, and the force of law, from the beloved award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eDigest \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAir Traffic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElegant, profound, and intoxicating--\u003ci\u003eSpectral Evidence\u003c\/i\u003e, Gregory Pardlo's first major collection of poetry after winning the Pulitzer Prize for \u003ci\u003eDigest\u003c\/i\u003e, moves fluidly among considerations of the pro-wrestler Owen Hart; Tituba, the only Black woman to be accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials; MOVE, the movement and militant separatist group famous for its violent stand-offs with the Philadelphia Police Department (\"flames rose like orchids . . . \/ blocks lay open like egg cartons\"); and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt times cerebral and at other times warm, inviting and deeply personal, \u003ci\u003eSpectral Evidence\u003c\/i\u003e compels us to consider how we think about devotion, beauty and art; about the criminalization and death of Black bodies; about justice--and about how these have been inscribed into our present, our history, and the Western canon: \"If I could be \/ the forensic dreamer \/ . . . \/ . . . my art would be a mortician's \/ paints.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGREGORY PARDLO\u003c\/b\u003e's collection \u003ci\u003eDigest\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Pardlo is also the author of \u003ci\u003eAir Traffic\u003c\/i\u003e, a memoir in essays, and \u003ci\u003eTotem\u003c\/i\u003e. His poems and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. His other honors include fellowships from the New York Public Library's Cullman Center, the Guggenheim Foundation, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Pardlo is poetry editor at \u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, codirector for the Study of Global Racial Justice at Rutgers University, and a visiting associate professor of practice in Literature \u0026amp; Creative writing at NYU Abu Dhabi.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50601285910802,"sku":"9781524731786","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3976e69e-5c72-47bf-8e6c-15efa7c5598a.jpg?v=1732224908","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/spectral-evidence-poems-9781524731786","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}