{"product_id":"the-murmuring-grief-of-the-americas-9781566897051","title":"The Murmuring Grief of the Americas","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"All I ever wanted is to keep the police away from the outside of my body and keep the police away from the inside of my body.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Murmuring Grief of the Americas\u003c\/i\u003e, 2016 National Book Award winner Daniel Borzutzky holds to account the private interests driving Western humanitarian decisions, laying bare the immense toll of exploitative labor practices and the self-serving nature of authoritative bodies. These powerful, musical poems explore our hemispheric grief under the yokes of labyrinthine immigration policies, militarized policing, and mass capitalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Borzutzky is a poet and translator. His 2016 collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Performance of Becoming Human\u003c\/i\u003e, received the National Book Award. \u003ci\u003eLake Michigan\u003c\/i\u003e (2018) was a finalist for the Griffin International Poetry Prize. His most recent translation is Paula Ilabaca Nu?ez's \u003ci\u003eThe Loose Pearl\u003c\/i\u003e (2022), winner of the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation. He teaches English and Latin American and Latino studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50896069787922,"sku":"9781566897051","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0ceccfa6-1024-4e90-9fdc-e139ede82749.jpg?v=1738280488","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-murmuring-grief-of-the-americas-9781566897051","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}