{"product_id":"worldly-things-michael-kleber-diggs-paperback","title":"Worldly Things -- Michael Kleber-Diggs, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\"Sometimes,\" writes Michael Kleber-Diggs writes in this winner of the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize, \"everything reduces to circles and lines.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e In these poems, Kleber-Diggs names delight in the same breath as loss. Moments suffused with love--teaching his daughter how to drive; watching his grandmother bake a cake; waking beside his beloved to ponder trumpet mechanics--couple with moments of wrenching grief--a father's life ended by a gun; mourning children draped around their mother's waist; Freddie Gray's death in police custody. Even in the refuge-space of dreams, a man calls the police on his Black neighbor. But \u003ci\u003eWorldly Things \u003c\/i\u003erefuses to \"offer allegiance\" to this centuries-old status quo. With uncompromising candor, Kleber-Diggs documents the many ways America systemically fails those who call it home while also calling upon our collective potential for something better. \"Let's create folklore side-by-side,\" he urges, asking us to aspire to a form of nurturing defined by tenderness, to a kind of community devoted to mutual prosperity. \"All of us want,\" after all, \"our share of light, and just enough rainfall.\" Sonorous and measured, the poems of \u003ci\u003eWorldly Things \u003c\/i\u003eoffer needed guidance on ways forward--toward radical kindness and a socially responsible poetics.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Michael Kleber-Diggs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.35 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.27\" H x 6.3\" L x 0.47\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781639550753\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53615978840363,"sku":"9781639550753","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9781639550753.jpg?v=1779725212","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/worldly-things-michael-kleber-diggs-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}