{"product_id":"bluff-1","title":"Bluff","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA searing new collection from the Forward Prize-winning American poet about the year 2020, the year that the world's gaze turned to Minneapolis - Smith's own home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**A \u003ci\u003eTIME \u003c\/i\u003eMAGAZINE '100 Must-Read Books of 2024'**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eBluff\u003c\/i\u003e is my book of the year. Absolutely breathtaking' Joelle Taylor, author of \u003ci\u003eC+NTO: + Othered Poems\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'You will want to underline almost every line ... One of the best books of poetry I've read: buy it for anyone you love' Hollie McNish, author of \u003ci\u003ePlum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Gripping ... It's as though the world is a scattered puzzle that Danez analyses and bears witness to' Yomi Sode, author of \u003ci\u003eManorism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten during the time the world came to a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Minneapolis became the epicentre of protest following the murder of George Floyd, \u003ci\u003eBluff\u003c\/i\u003e is Danez Smith's powerful reckoning with their responsibility as a poet and with their hometown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSmith brings a startling urgency to these poems, their questions demanding a new language, new textual shapes and a deep self-scrutiny. \u003ci\u003eArs poetica\u003c\/i\u003e gives way to 'ars america'. A photographic collage makes clear the consequence of accepting mass shootings. A brilliant long poem maps the history of Minneapolis-Saint Paul's vibrant Rondo neighbourhood, before and after officials decided to run an interstate directly through it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBluff\u003c\/i\u003e is a manifesto about artistic resilience when the places we most love - those given and made - are burning. In this collection, Smith turns to honesty, hope, rage and imagination to envision futures that seem possible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR DANEZ SMITH:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A poet of exceptional linguistic exuberance, style and grace' Kayo Chingonyi, author of \u003ci\u003eKumukanda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A writer who never loses their way' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eSmith's ability to look death squarely in the eye and seize from it language that is fertile with myth, beauty and intellect is astonishing\u003ci\u003e' \u003c\/i\u003eSandeep Parmar, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":54029382943058,"sku":"9781784745738","price":19.6,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_9f155661-0fba-4dbe-a91b-05ece276942c.jpg?v=1784319471","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/bluff-1","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}