{"product_id":"9781942683049","title":"Trouble the Water","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\"'Expect poison of the standing water,' Blake warned, highlighting the dangers of imaginative stagnation. I’m now tempted to believe that Blake himself has sent us Derrick Austin and his remarkable collection, \u003ci\u003eTrouble the Water\u003c\/i\u003e. At once gospel and troubadour song, these deeply spiritual and expansively erotic poems are lucid, unflinching, urgent. This is an extraordinary debut.\" —\u003cb\u003eMary Szybist, winner of the National Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich in religious and artistic imagery, \u003ci\u003eTrouble the Water\u003c\/i\u003e is an intriguing exploration of race, sexuality, and identity, particularly where self-hood is in constant flux. These intimate, sensual poems interweave pop culture and history—moving from the Bible through several artistic eras—to interrogate what it means to be, as Austin says, fully human as a “queer, black body” in 21st century America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052382175472,"sku":"9781942683049","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781942683049_p0.jpg?v=1763759072","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781942683049","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}