{"product_id":"bluff-book-danez-smith-9781784745738","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":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50108411969809,"sku":"GOR013858085","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":50130401591569,"sku":"NGR9781784745738","price":20.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50161920704785,"sku":"GOR013876450","price":14.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50588342976785,"sku":"GOR014007449","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52619480793361,"sku":"NLS9781784745738","price":20.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ LIKE_NEW \/ SBYB","offer_id":52880512418065,"sku":"CIN1784745731LN","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1784745731.jpg?v=1751091090","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/bluff-book-danez-smith-9781784745738","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}