{"product_id":"9781619320703","title":"Hands Washing Water","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Chris Abani’s poetry resonates with a devastating beauty which cuts through to the heart of human strength.”—\u003ci\u003ePride\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHands Washing Water\u003c\/i\u003e is Chris Abani's fourth poetry collection—a mischievous book of displacement, exile, ancestry, and subversive humor. The central section, “Buffalo Women,” is a Civil War correspondence between lovers that plays on our assumptions about war, gender, morality, and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSweetest Henri,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eI know we promised to be honest,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eone to the other, but your recent missive,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ethough welcome as any epistle from you,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003efilled me with a dread that clung\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003elike dampness to wet wood. I am terrified\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003efor your immortal soul, dear sweet Henri.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThis mad war of Lincoln is infecting you\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ewith a sickness too depraved to even address. . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbani’s writing is ruthless, at times traumatic, and consistently filled with surprising twists and turns.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151696871664,"sku":"9781619320703","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781619320703_p0.jpg?v=1763853074","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781619320703","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}