{"product_id":"one-big-self-paperback","title":"One Big Self - 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\u003eC. D. Wright\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"For a long while now, C. D. Wright has been writing some of the greatest poetry-cum-prose you can find in American literature. \u003ci\u003eOne Big Self\u003c\/i\u003e does to the contemporary prison-industrial complex what James Agee did to poverty -- it reacts passionately and lyrically (and idiosyncratically) to a sociopolitical abomination. This book, while angry and sorrowful and bewildered, has humor, constant levity and candor, and countless moments of incredible beauty.\" --Dave Eggers, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wright has found a way to wed fragments of an iconic America to a luminously strange idiom, eerie as a tin whistle, which she uses to evoke the haunted quality of our carnal existence.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by numerous visits inside Louisiana state prisons--where MacArthur Fellow C.D. Wright served as a \"factotum\" for a portrait photographer--\u003ci\u003eOne Big Self\u003c\/i\u003e bears witness to incarcerated men and women and speaks to the psychic toll of protracted time passed in constricted space. It is a riveting mosaic of distinct voices, epistolary pieces, elements from a moralistic board game, road signage, prison data, inmate correspondence, and \"counts\" of things--from baby's teeth to chigger bites: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eCount your folding money\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCount the times you said you wouldn't go back\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCount your debts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCount the roaches when the light comes on\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCount your kids after the housefire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eOne Big Self\u003c\/i\u003e--originally published as a large-format limited edition that featured photographs and text--was selected by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e as a notable book of the year. This edition features the poem exclusively.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eC.D. Wright\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of ten books of poetry, including several collaborations with photographer Deborah Luster. She is a professor at Brown University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eC.D. Wright, a Professor of English at Brown University, is the author of eleven books of poetry, as well as several collaborative works with photographer Deborah Luster, most recently One Big Self: Prisoners of Louisiana. She has earned fellowships from the MacArthur and Guggenheim foundations, and is the recipient of a Lannan Literary Award. She lives in Rhode Island.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 x 9.45 x 7.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Quill Awards (2007)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53496394219827,"sku":"9781556592584","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/t1f9P52M7Q9781556592584.webp?v=1781598830","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/one-big-self-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}