{"product_id":"this-is-my-century-new-and-collected-poems-9780820345970","title":"This Is My Century: New and Collected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eMargaret Walker became the first African American to win a national literary award when her collection \u003ci\u003eFor My People\u003c\/i\u003e was chosen for the Yale Series of Younger Poets in 1942. Over the next fifty years she enriched American literature in endless ways through her writings and, in 1993, she received the National Book Award for Lifetime Achievement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Is My Century\u003c\/i\u003e is Walker's own defining summation of her career. Selected by the author herself, the one hundred poems include thirty-seven previously uncollected pieces and the entire contents of three hard-to-find volumes: the award-winning \u003ci\u003eFor My People\u003c\/i\u003e (1942), \u003ci\u003eProphets for a New Day\u003c\/i\u003e (1970), and \u003ci\u003eOctober Journey\u003c\/i\u003e (1975).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARGARET WALKER (1915-1998) wrote poetry, essays, the novel \u003ci\u003eJubilee\u003c\/i\u003e, and a biography of Richard Wright. She created pioneering programs in the humanities and African American studies at Jackson State University, where she was a faculty member for almost three decades.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50514571329810,"sku":"9780820345970","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4f349b81-571f-4c6a-b18c-13080e8239be.jpg?v=1730987541","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/this-is-my-century-new-and-collected-poems-9780820345970","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}