{"product_id":"9781555974541","title":"Lions Don't Eat Us","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe winner of the 2005 Cave Canem Poetry Prize, \u003ci\u003eLions Don't Eat Us\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a fierce and wise new voice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere's nothing to be afraid of.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDon't ever let boys kiss you.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBe nice. One day you'll get married.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKeep your legs closed. Dance.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e—from \"Grandmother Said\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn one of Aesop's Fables, the Roman slave Androcles befriends the emperor's lion prior to his trial and thereby survives certain death in the arena. Constance Quarterman Bridges's father tells this story to his children and says, \"My Babies, we're special people, lions don't eat us\u003ci\u003e.\" \u003c\/i\u003eIn this remarkable debut collection, Bridges chronicles her ancestry—part born out of slavery, part descended from Cherokee heritage—from her great-grandparents \"jumping over the broom\" in Civil War Virginia to her father's journey in the Great Migration northward in 1916. The result is an unequivocally American story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLions Don't Eat Us \u003c\/i\u003eis the 2005 winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, given to the best first collection by an African-American poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060302037232,"sku":"9781555974541","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555974541_p0.jpg?v=1763786437","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555974541","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}