{"product_id":"hum-paperback","title":"Hum - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJamaal May\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2014 Notable Book Award from the American Library Association\u003cbr\u003e 2013 Silver IndieFab Award Winner\u003cbr\u003e 2013 NAACP Image Award Nominee\u003cbr\u003e 2013 ForeWord Book of the Year Award Finalist\u003cbr\u003e 2013 The Boston Globe's Best Books of 2013 List\u003cbr\u003e 2012 Beatrice Hawley Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Linguistically acrobatic  and] beautifully crafted. . .  Jamaal May's] poems, exquisitely balanced by a sharp intelligence mixed with earnestness, makes his debut a marvel.\" --Publishers Weekly \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The elegant and laconic intelligence in these poems, their skepticism and bent humor and deliberately anti-Romantic stance toward experience are completely refreshing. After so much contemporary writing that seems all flash, no mind and no heart, these poems show how close observation of the world and a gift for plain-spoken, but eloquent speech, can give to poetry both dignity and largeness of purpose, and do it in an idiom that is pitch perfect to emotional nuance and fine intellectual distinctions. Hard-headed and tough-minded, Hum is the epitome of what Frost meant by 'a fresh look and a fresh listen.'\" --Tom Sleigh \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJamaal May's debut collection, Hum, is concerned with what's beneath the surfaces of things--the unseen that eats away at us or does the work of sustaining us. Reading these poems, I was reminded of Ellison's 'lower frequencies, ' a voice speaking for us all. May has a fine ear, acutely attuned to the sonic textures of everyday experience. And Hum--a meditation on the machinery of living, an extended ode to sound and silence--is a compelling debut.\" --Natasha Trethewey \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his percussive debut collection Hum, Jamaal May offers a salve for our phobias and restores the sublime to the urban landscape. Whether you need a friend to confide in, a healer to go to, or a tour guide to take you there, look no further. That low hum you hear are these poems, emanating both wisdom and swagger.\" --A. Van Jordan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Mechanophobia: Fear of Machines: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere is no work left for the husks.\u003cbr\u003eAutomated welders like us, \u003cbr\u003eyour line replacements, can't expect\u003cbr\u003esympathy after our bright\u003cbr\u003earms of cable rust over. So come\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ecollect us for scrap, grind us up\u003cbr\u003ein the mouth of one of us.\u003cbr\u003eLet your hand pry at the access\u003cbr\u003epanel with the edge of a knife, \u003cbr\u003esilencing the motor and thrum.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJamaal May\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, editor, and filmmaker from Detroit, MI where he taught poetry in public schools and worked as a freelance audio engineer and touring performer. His poetry won the 2013 \u003ci\u003eIndiana Review\u003c\/i\u003e Poetry Prize and appears in journals such as \u003ci\u003ePoetry, Ploughshares, The Believer, NER, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Jamaal has earned an MFA from Warren Wilson College as well as fellowships from Cave Canem and The Stadler Center for Poetry at Bucknell University. He founded the Organic Weapon Arts Chapbook Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 19, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e ALA Notable Books (2014)\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e IndieFab awards (2013)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42165236662407,"sku":"9781938584022","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/71c7b7ca4aa596d2c3dde436e3634398.webp?v=1733312055","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/hum-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}