{"product_id":"the-world-falls-away-9780822961642","title":"The World Falls Away","description":"The burnings from which Coleman culls her work casts a glow and unique warmth that invites the reader to sit by her metaphorical hearth, to laugh and enjoy their \\u201cconversation.\\u201d The contemplative and philosophical have entered her voice as she continues to explore the conflicts and confusions that shape the aesthetic terrain of Southern California and beyond--as she continues to grapple with cultural bias, malignant domestic neglect, poverty, and the damages of racism, yet broadening her palette of social ills to include the privacies of grief, loss and transcendence. A nominee and finalist for Poet Laureate of California, she continues to reflect the ethnic scramble of Los Angeles, where she has been honored by proclamations from the city s elected officials, including the mayor s office, the city council and the Department of Cultural Affairs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWanda Coleman\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet and writer from Los Angeles, California. Her numerous poetry collections include \u003ci\u003eMercurochrome: New Poems, \u003c\/i\u003enominated for the National Book Award; \u003ci\u003eBathwater Wine, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize; and \u003ci\u003eOstinato Vamps.\u003c\/i\u003e She is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, and an Emmy Award as a writer for \u003ci\u003eDays of Our Lives.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50413543063826,"sku":"9780822961642","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b4bc2aec-a91b-42b6-9600-3515c8010e4a.jpg?v=1729355103","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-world-falls-away-9780822961642","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}