{"product_id":"marrow-poems-university-press-of-kentucky-new-poetry-prose","title":"Marrow: Poems (University Press of Kentucky New Poetry \u0026 Prose)","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/viewer.aer.io\/uxUmkgdD\/9780813183640\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Marrow: Poems (University Press of Kentucky New Poetry \u0026amp; Prose)\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/Preview_240x240.jpg?v=1658339494\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Grape is the sweetest betrayal.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThere is no removing the stain\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eof it \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003esay moms everywhere\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u0026amp;\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eeven if kids choose it last, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ethey choose it, as loyal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eto its sugar as any.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen authorities converged on the Guyanese settlement of the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project―founded by James \"Jim\" Jones and popularly known as Jonestown―on November 18, 1978, more than nine hundred members were found dead, the result of a murder-suicide. The massacre was the largest mass loss of American lives before September 11, 2001. Although the events at Jonestown inspired a common idiom in \"Don't drink the Kool-Aid,\" the personal histories of those who were lost have been treated as a footnote to the tragedy―little has been written about those individuals and their lived experiences.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this profound and provocative poetry collection, Darlene Anita Scott foregrounds that which has been disremembered and honors the people who perished at Jonestown. She amplifies the voices of the children, teenagers, and adults whose hopes, dreams, and lives were just as hopeful and mundane as any others yet have been overlooked and overshadowed by the circumstances of their untimely loss. The distinct, haunting, and unforgettable poems in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMarrow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e cut to the bone while also acknowledging and giving tribute to the people who were lost on that fateful day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDarlene Anita Scott\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eis coeditor of Revisiting the Elegy in the Black Lives Matter Era. Her poetry appeared most recently in Green Mountains Review, Pen + Brush, and Simple Machines, and her works have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"pd-product-id\"\u003e0813183626\u003c\/span\u003e   \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEAN:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e9780813183626\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eUniversity Press of Kentucky\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePaperback\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMarch 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Info:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 0.5\" H x 8.3\" L x 5.4\" W (0.3 lbs) 88 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis item is \u003cstrong\u003eReturnable\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University Press of Kentucky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40327670497395,"sku":"","price":20.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/0_6319480c-8974-46a9-8652-d7fd6ca32f88.jpg?v=1659573066","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/marrow-poems-university-press-of-kentucky-new-poetry-prose","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}