{"product_id":"spectral-evidence-poems-1524731781","title":"Spectral Evidence: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1524731781\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pardlo, Gregory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA powerful meditation on Blackness, beauty, faith, and the force of law, from the beloved award-winning author of Digest and Air TrafficElegant, profound, and intoxicating-Spectral Evidence, Gregory Pardlos first major collection of poetry after winning the Pulitzer Prize for Digest, moves fluidly among considerations of the pro-wrestler Owen Hart; Tituba, the only Black woman to be accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials; MOVE, the movement and militant separatist group famous for its violent stand-offs with the Philadelphia Police Department (flames rose like orchids . . . \/ blocks lay open like egg cartons); and more.At times cerebral and at other times warm, inviting and deeply personal, Spectral Evidence compels us to consider how we think about devotion, beauty and art; about the criminalization and death of Black bodies; about justice-and about how these have been inscribed into our present, our history, and the Western canon: If I could be \/ the forensic dreamer \/ . . . \/ . . . my art would be a morticians \/ paints.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51974062375200,"sku":"NEW1524731781","price":16.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/spectral-evidence-poems-1524731781","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}