{"product_id":"the-gathering-of-bastards-9781496234032","title":"The Gathering of Bastards","description":"2024 Nebraska Book Award Winner \u003cbr\u003e 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist in Poetry \u003cbr\u003e 2024 Midwest Book Award Finalist in Poetry \u003cbr\u003e 2023 Julie Suk Award Finalist \u003cbr\u003e Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry shortlist \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Like I knew, standing \u003cbr\u003e on the seashore, the hunger \u003cbr\u003e wracking a migrant's body \u003cbr\u003e is movement. \u003cbr\u003e --from Romeo Oriogun's \"Migrant by the Sea\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gathering of Bastards\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the movement of migrants as they navigate borders both internal and external. At the heart of these poems of vulnerability and sharp intelligence, the poet himself is the perpetual migrant embarked on forced journeys that take him across nations in West and North Africa, through Europe, and through American cities as he navigates the challenges of living through terror and loss and wrestles with the meaning of home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRomeo Oriogun\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and now lives in Iowa. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSacrament of Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2020) and \u003ci\u003eNomad\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614391996690,"sku":"9781496234032","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_52640e84-db11-4e16-a91b-6a9c144f6e55.jpg?v=1732442779","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-gathering-of-bastards-9781496234032","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}