{"product_id":"golden-ax-paperback","title":"Golden Ax - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2022 National Book Award for Poetry\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the 2023 PEN Open Book Award\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the Poetry Society of America's Norma Farber First Book Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Outstanding . . . the poetry in these pages is intelligent, lyrical, as invested in the past as the present and future with witty nods to pop culture.\" --Roxane Gay, author of \u003ci\u003eHunger\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I've never read anything like it. Truly a sublime experience.\" --Jason Reynolds, author of \u003ci\u003eAin't Burned All the Bright\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking collection about Afropioneerism past and present from Pushcart Prize-nominated poet and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Rio Cortez\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom a visionary writer praised for her captivating work on Black history and experience comes a poetry collection exploring personal, political, and artistic frontiers, journeying from her family's history as \"Afropioneers\" in the American West to shimmering glimpses of transcendent, liberated futures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn poems that range from wry, tongue-in-cheek observations about contemporary life to more nuanced meditations on her ancestors--some of the earliest Black pioneers to settle in the western United States after Reconstruction--\u003ci\u003eGolden Ax\u003c\/i\u003e invites readers to re-imagine the West, Black womanhood, and the legacies that shape and sustain the pursuit of freedom.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51399523500255,"sku":"9780143137139","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/1tkzopIlu29780143137139.webp?v=1789486003","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/golden-ax-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}