{"product_id":"book-dukd","title":"The Malevolent Volume","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE 2021 CLMP FIRECRACKER AWARD FOR POETRY • FINALIST FOR THE 2021 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD IN GAY POETRY • A \u003cem\u003eWASHINGTON POST\u003c\/em\u003e BEST POETRY COLLECTION OF 2020 • AN NPR FAVORITE BOOK OF 2020 • A \u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e NEW AND NOTEWORTHY BOOK • A \u003cem\u003eBUZZFEED\u003c\/em\u003e MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2020 • A \u003cem\u003eLITERARY HUB\u003c\/em\u003e MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTHE MALEVOLENT VOLUME\u003c\/em\u003e EXPLORES THE MYTHS AND TRANSFORMATIONS OF BLACK BEING, ON A CONTINUUM BETWEEN THE MONSTROUS AND THE SUBLIME.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eSubverting celebrated classics of poetry and mythology and examining horrors from contemporary film and cultural fact, National Book Award winner Justin Phillip Reed engages darkness as an aesthetic to conjure the revenant animus that lurks beneath the exploited civilities of marginalized people. In these poems, Reed finds agency in the other-than-human identities assigned to those assaulted by savageries of the state. In doing so, he summons a retaliatory, counter-violent Black spirit to revolt and to inhabit the revolting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Reed blends intersectional politics and bodily hunger in precise, thorny language.\"\u003c\/em\u003e-\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49374747001136,"sku":"BDdukd","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49374747033904,"sku":"ZEdukd","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49374747066672,"sku":"ZMdukd","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/dukd-Square-cover.jpg?v=1771281395","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dukd","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}