{"product_id":"aurora-americana-poems-paperback","title":"Aurora Americana: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMyronn Hardy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom an award-winning poet, an exciting new collection that explores exile and return, from North Africa to North America\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAurora Americana\u003c\/i\u003e, Myronn Hardy, an American poet who moved back to the United States after living for years in Morocco, reflects on exile and return as he describes the experience of leaving North Africa and rediscovering a North America both recognizable and unrecognizable. What does it mean to feel exiled both away from and at \"home\"? What does it mean to miss something? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn forms such as the sonnet, ghazal, and triolet, \u003ci\u003eAurora Americana\u003c\/i\u003e takes up the distant and recent past of the United States, from Thomas Jefferson to the deadly \"Unite the Right\" march in Charlottesville, Virginia. But the book also meditates on smaller, momentary encounters across racial and national barriers, from evocations of Francophone Africa to a screening of \u003ci\u003eBlack Panther\u003c\/i\u003e in Portugal for a mostly white audience. Allusions to Fannie Lou Hamer, Frantz Fanon, Prince, John Coltrane, Alessandro de' Medici, Ahmed Zaki, Modesto Brocos y Gez, Nasser Zefzafi, and others anchor the collection. With poems set at or near dawn, \u003ci\u003eAurora Americana \u003c\/i\u003eexplores an ominous yet hopeful new morning in America, one in which potential cataclysm exists alongside possibility and change.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMyronn Hardy\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of five previous books of poems, including \u003ci\u003eRadioactive Starlings\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton). His poems have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eBaffler\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications, and have won many prizes, including the PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles Award. He teaches at Bates College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52729203523891,"sku":"9780691250571","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/lKxxuKKzfi9780691250571.webp?v=1763805381","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/aurora-americana-poems-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}