{"product_id":"golden-ax","title":"Golden Ax (Penguin Poets)","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50957859094816,"sku":"9780143137139","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9780143137139.jpg?v=1763767567","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/products\/golden-ax","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}