{"product_id":"9781891190230","title":"City Eclogue","description":"\u003cbr\u003ePoetry. African American Studies. Ed Roberson might no longer live in Pittsburgh, but the city in which he was born and raised still leaves its fragmented structures etched throughout his poetry. A city of hard work and hard times, the now-impoverished neighborhoods that had at one time stood as centers of jazz and art; the hills, the rivers, the skyscraping iron and steel, and the pain. Though most of the poems in this collection do not necessarily take place in Pittsburgh, there is a rhythmic fragmentation here painting portraits of urban life in general. Beauty, music, poverty, blood, and concrete seem to live within the line breaks, while breath-stopping pauses halt you just long enough so that--like at a smoky backroom jazz club--you can't wait to see what he does next.","brand":"Atelos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47064946737392,"sku":"9781891190230","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781891190230_p0.jpg?v=1763609293","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781891190230","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}