{"product_id":"patricide-1","title":"Patricide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDave Harris, 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the writer of the films \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gooddeedentertainment.com\/summertime\/\"\u003eSUMMERTIME\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2021\/film\/news\/alfonso-gomez-rejon-fortress-of-solitude-1235028497\/\"\u003eFORTRESS OF SOLITUDE\u003c\/a\u003e, Dave Harris's stellar poetry debut takes a nuanced look at the complexities of black masculinity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003ePatricide\u003c\/em\u003e weighs those complexities and how they impact a lineage of black boys who fight to become men in the image of their fathers. More than just a book about fear or death centered on being black in America, \u003cem\u003ePatricide\u003c\/em\u003e illuminates the internal struggle to be the best man possible with the shadow of other men at your back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough poems on loss, music, college, and family strife, Harris examines how time shifts and changes, despite so much of a life’s architecture staying the same. Ultimately, \u003cem\u003ePatricide\u003c\/em\u003e opens itself up to reveal a story of many threads, one that finds a way to tie together in unexpected and joyful ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003ePatricide\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cem\u003ePatricide\u003c\/em\u003e is no ordinary book of poetry. It’s \"Bars Poetica\" — where elegy, invective, the contemporary, and pedestrian converge to create a disarming barrage of thudding verse. Read it like you need it. - Marcus Wicker, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/956\/9781328715548\"\u003eauthor of \u003cem\u003eSilencer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003eIn these poems, Harris wrests language from the havoc white supremacy and patriarchy have wreaked. Which is to say: these are love poems doused in rage. - Claire Schwartz, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/buttonpoetry.com\/product\/bound\/\"\u003eauthor of \u003cem\u003eBound\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cem\u003ePatricide\u003c\/em\u003e restricts nothing in its narrative but accomplishes everything in its clear voice and uncompromised mission. - William Evans, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/buttonpoetry.com\/product\/still-cant-do-my-daughters-hair\/\"\u003eauthor of \u003cem\u003eStill Can't Do My Daughters Hair\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Button Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43275926470707,"sku":"978-1-943735-50-1","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/0752\/9011\/files\/9c139ba0-Harris-PATR-Marketing-cover.jpg?v=1744752042","url":"https:\/\/buttonbookstore.com\/products\/patricide-1","provider":"Button Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}