{"product_id":"new-testament","title":"New Testament","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonored as a \"Best Book of 2014\" by \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHonored as a \"Standout Book of 2014\" by \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poet\u003c\/i\u003e magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinnner of the Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaterson Award for Literary Excellence, 2015\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNPR.org writes: \"In his second collection, \u003ci\u003eThe New Testament, \u003c\/i\u003e Brown treats disease and love and lust between men, with a gentle touch, returning again and again to the stories of the Bible, which confirm or dispute his vision of real life. 'Every last word is contagious, ' he writes, awake to all the implications of that phrase. There is plenty of guilt--survivor's guilt, sinner's guilt--and ever-present death, but also the joy of survival and sin. And not everyone has the chutzpah to rewrite The Good Book.\"--NPR.org\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Brown's is a necessary art in an era that has seen lingering racial conflict and growing acceptance of gays in America, as well as extreme intolerance and homophobia in many countries overseas. These poems work because while they emanate from an intimately personal place, social concerns loom as large as the barber in Bonnat's painting. To merge the private with the public so seamlessly is an enviable feat.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Antioch Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Erotic and grief-stricken, ministerial and playful, Brown offers his reader a journey unlike any other in contemporary poetry.\"--\u003ci\u003eRain Taxi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"To read Jericho Brown's poems is to encounter devastating genius.\"--Claudia Rankine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the world of Jericho Brown's second book, disease runs through the body, violence runs through the neighborhood, memories run through the mind, trauma runs through generations. Almost eerily quiet in even the bluntest of poems, Brown gives us the ache of a throat that has yet to say the hardest thing--and the truth is coming on fast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFairy Tale\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSay the shame I see inching like steam\u003cbr\u003eAlong the streets will never seep\u003cbr\u003eBeneath the doors of this bedroom, \u003cbr\u003eAnd if it does, if we dare to breathe, \u003cbr\u003eTell me that though the world ends us, \u003cbr\u003eLover, it cannot end our love\u003cbr\u003eOf narrative. Don't you have a story\u003cbr\u003eFor me?--like the one you tell\u003cbr\u003eWith fingers over my lips to keep me\u003cbr\u003eFrom sighing when--before the queen\u003cbr\u003eIs kidnapped--the prince bows\u003cbr\u003eTo the enemy, handing over the horn\u003cbr\u003eOf his favorite unicorn like those men\u003cbr\u003eBrought, bought, and whipped until\u003cbr\u003eThey accepted their masters' names. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJericho Brown\u003c\/b\u003e worked as the speechwriter for the mayor of New Orleans before earning his PhD in creative writing and literature from the University of Houston. His first book, \u003ci\u003ePLEASE\u003c\/i\u003e (New Issues), won the American Book Award. He currently teaches at Emory University and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jericho Brown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44028109422634,"sku":"9781556594571","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/0891\/6522\/files\/new-testament-2533824.jpg?v=1770091927","url":"https:\/\/thepoetryshop.com\/products\/new-testament","provider":"The Poetry Shop LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}