{"product_id":"the-essential-etheridge-knight-etheridge-knight-paperback","title":"The Essential Etheridge Knight -- Etheridge Knight, Paperback","description":"Seminal African American poet Etheridge Knight did not begin writing poetry until a robbery conviction sent him to prison in 1960. A Korean War veteran who suffered a shrapnel wound that led to drug addiction, Knight published his first collection in 1968, \u003ci\u003ePoems from Prison\u003c\/i\u003e, which set him apart as an important new voice in the Black Arts Movement. His second collection, \u003ci\u003eBelly Songs and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (1973), earned him Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award nominations, and his third collection, \u003ci\u003eBorn of a Woman: New and Selected \u003c\/i\u003e(1980), was also critically acclaimed. \u003ci\u003eThe Essential Etheridge Knight\u003c\/i\u003e is a selection of the best work by one of the country's most prominent and still-relevant poets, decades after his death. It brings together poems from Knight's three previously published books and a section of later poems available only in this collection, which features a striking new cover. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Etheridge Knight\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/05\/1986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.16h x 5.60w x 0.37d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822953784","brand":"Etheridge Knight","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67394564948196,"sku":"9780822953784","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780822953784.jpg?v=1790582040","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/the-essential-etheridge-knight-etheridge-knight-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}