{"product_id":"hands-washing-water","title":"Hands Washing Water","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Chris Abani's poetry resonates with a devastating beauty which cuts through to the heart of human strength.\"--\u003ci\u003ePride\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHands Washing Water\u003c\/i\u003e is Chris Abani's fourth poetry collection--a mischievous book of displacement, exile, ancestry, and subversive humor. The central section, \"Buffalo Women,\" is a Civil War correspondence between lovers that plays on our assumptions about war, gender, morality, and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSweetest Henri, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eI know we promised to be honest, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eone to the other, but your recent missive, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ethough welcome as any epistle from you, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003efilled me with a dread that clung\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003elike dampness to wet wood. I am terrified\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003efor your immortal soul, dear sweet Henri.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThis mad war of Lincoln is infecting you\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ewith a sickness too depraved to even address. . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbani's writing is ruthless, at times traumatic, and consistently filled with surprising twists and turns.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chris Abani","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44816591749162,"sku":"9781556592478","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/0891\/6522\/files\/hands-washing-water-7580795.jpg?v=1789040289","url":"https:\/\/thepoetryshop.com\/products\/hands-washing-water","provider":"The Poetry Shop LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}