{"product_id":"of-an-ilk","title":"Of an Ilk","description":"The 121st winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets prize offers a radiant meditation on grief and hope, queerness and mercyIn this volume, JC Andrews tells a lesbian coming-of-age story from the foothills of the Arkansas Ozarks. Her poems—stories of the rural South and of mothers and grandmothers—hold questions as a form of caretaking. Andrews populates her work with kitchens, angels, chimes, horses, and moons, drawing us into a resonant landscape. She writes, “I dream about spinning \/ in this field until I dig a hole good \/ enough to lie in. I dream about \/ being stuck in it like a music box. \/ Play me, God. I want to know \/ what I sound like.”“These poems slice effortlessly through the grim malignancies of our present moment,” writes judge Monica Youn, “carving out new forms and opening up new spaces for love and survival.”","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57499343552885,"sku":"9780300290189","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/of-an-ilk","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}