{"product_id":"9781929918690","title":"You and Yours","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eYou and Yours\u003c\/i\u003e , Naomi Shihab Nye continues her conversation with ordinary people whose lives become, through her empathetic use of poetic language, extraordinary. Nye writes of local life in her inner-city Texas neighborhood, about rural schools and urban communities she’s visited in this country, as well as the daily rituals of Jews and Palestinians who live in the war-torn Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Day\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eI missed the day on which it was said others should not have certain weapons, but we could.\u003cbr\u003e Not only could, but should,\u003cbr\u003e and do.\u003cbr\u003e I missed that day.\u003cbr\u003e Was I sleeping?\u003cbr\u003e I might have been digging in the yard,\u003cbr\u003e doing something small and slow as usual.\u003cbr\u003e Or maybe I wasn’t born yet.\u003cbr\u003e What about all the other people who aren’t born?\u003cbr\u003e Who will tell them?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBalancing direct language with a suggestive “aslantness,” Nye probes the fragile connection between language and meaning. She never shies from the challenge of trying to name the mysterious logic of childhood or speak truth to power in the face of the horrors of war. She understands our lives are marked by tragedy, inequity, and misunderstanding, and that our best chance of surviving our losses and shortcomings is to maintain a heightened awareness of the sacred in all things.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eNaomi Shihab Nye\u003c\/b\u003e, poet, editor, anthologist, is a recipient of writing fellowships from the Lannan and Guggenheim foundations. Nye’s work has been featured on PBS poetry specials including \u003ci\u003eNOW with Bill Moyers\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eThe Language of Life with Bill Moyers\u003c\/i\u003e , and \u003ci\u003eThe United States of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e . She has traveled abroad as a visiting writer on three Arts America tours sponsored by the United States Information Agency. In 2001 she received a presidential appointment to the National Council of the National Endowment for the Humanities. She lives in San Antonio, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040186974448,"sku":"9781929918690","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781929918690_p0.jpg?v=1763638022","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781929918690","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}