{"product_id":"whitman-cannonball-puebla-9781632431745","title":"Whitman. Cannonball. Puebla.","description":"\u003cb\u003ePoetic fables that consider a future Greater Americas that blends the cultures of peoples across the hemisphere.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This four-part collection of poetic fables engages the emerging field of global-poetics through Hispano-Americano lenses. Amid global crises between states, and cultural destabilization manifesting across mass popular culture and literature, \u003ci\u003eWHITMAN. CANNONBALL. PUEBLA.\u003c\/i\u003e sets out to invigorate conversation about how the United States might adapt to a wider hemispheric consciousness. Toscano's poems present a cultural landscape where the Anglo-capitalist outlook is tempered-if not subsumed-by a Greater Americas \"Salamanca Humanism,\" which was the basis for the 1948 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book is divided into four sections that develop the idea of a Greater Americas as hinging on negotiation between Anglo and Hispano values, consider a potential catastrophic Anglo-American imperialism, imagine life in a Post-Empire crisis, and compose allegories about the historical consciousness of a people oversaturated with media.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRodrigo Toscano \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of eleven books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eThe Cut Point \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Charm \u0026amp; The Dread\u003c\/i\u003e. His poetry has been published in \u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Best American Experimental Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Poetry Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Kenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGeorgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYale Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFence\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Omnidawn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51735054254354,"sku":"9781632431745","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4d05edcd-769f-4176-a1f8-382087a6e0c6.jpg?v=1763493094","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/whitman-cannonball-puebla-9781632431745","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}