{"product_id":"the-essential-etheridge-knight","title":"The Essential Etheridge Knight","description":"Seminal African American poet Etheridge Knight did not begin writing poetry until a robbery conviction sent him to prison in 1960. A Korean War veteran who suffered a shrapnel wound that led to drug addiction, Knight published his first collection in 1968, \u003ci\u003ePoems from Prison\u003c\/i\u003e, which set him apart as an important new voice in the Black Arts Movement. His second collection, \u003ci\u003eBelly Songs and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (1973), earned him Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award nominations, and his third collection, \u003ci\u003eBorn of a Woman: New and Selected\u003c\/i\u003e (1980), was also critically acclaimed. \u003ci\u003eThe Essential Etheridge Knight\u003c\/i\u003e is a selection of the best work by one of the country's most prominent and still-relevant poets, decades after his death. It brings together poems from Knight's three previously published books and a section of later poems available only in this collection, which features a striking new cover. \u003cbr\u003e\r","brand":"Etheridge Knight","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44442225180908,"sku":"9780822953784","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780822953784.jpg?v=1720752420","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/the-essential-etheridge-knight","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}