{"product_id":"not-your-mamas-melting-pot-paperback","title":"Not Your Mama's Melting Pot - 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\u003eBenjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From jump, there was such sonic, emotional, and intellectual drive to these poems, that I couldn't resist--why would I want to--the pull of Benjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley's vision and sensibility. Verve and élan are words I might use, but they lack sufficient verve and élan. And if I wrote, 'his future is bright, ' I'd be wrong--his future is here, and this book is as much fire as I can ask for.\" --Bob Hicok, author of \u003ci\u003eHold\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBenjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley\u003c\/b\u003e is not the Ben Kingsley best known for his Academy Award-winning role as Mahatma Gandhi. This Ben is a touch less famous, having not acted since his third-grade debut as the Undertaker in Music Man. Affrilachian author and Kundiman alum, Ben is currently the 22nd Tickner Writing Fellow and recipient of a Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship. He belongs to the Onondaga Nation of Indigenous Americans in New York. His next collection, \u003ci\u003eColonize Me\u003c\/i\u003e, is forthcoming with Saturnalia in 2019, followed by \u003ci\u003eDemos\u003c\/i\u003e, with Milkweed Editions in 2020. Peep his recent work in the anthologies \u003ci\u003eBest New Poets 2017\u003c\/i\u003e (ed. Natalie Diaz), \u003ci\u003eNative Voices: Indigenous Poetry from North America\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eProud to Be: Writing by American Warriors\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the journals \u003ci\u003eAmerican Indian Culture and Researc\u003c\/i\u003eh, \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew England Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOxford American\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 116\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52627648610611,"sku":"9781935218494","price":24.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/PuxXLmQkpl9781935218494.webp?v=1783540827","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/not-your-mamas-melting-pot-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}