{"product_id":"counting-descent-by-clint-smith-hardcover","title":"Counting Descent by Clint Smith (Hardcover)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/image-hub-cloud.lightningsource.com\/2011-04-01\/Images\/front_cover\/x200\/sku\/193891211X.jpg?viewkey=d79ff7efd9707971701676e60a60c4e1c24537e1b52a25a76192f8dba2d1d4ab\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCounting Descent\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSmith, Clint\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.ingramspark.com\/b\/084?params=BglYIcOt2K7C2llBt4QPNTOlmWK9xeFSAn7LBrDpz8D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"\u003eBuy Now\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/a.co\/d\/00cD0PzH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"\u003eBuy Ebook\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2017 Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Award and finalist at the 2017 NAACP Image Awards, \u003cem\u003eCounting Descent \u003c\/em\u003easks us to question what we have inherited and choose what we carry forward.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe inherit stories—about ourselves, about each other, about who belongs and who does not. \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eClint Smith's poems hold those stories up to the light. Moving between personal memory and African-American history, he celebrates the beauty, joy, and resilience of Black boyhood while confronting the ways it is too often maligned and misrepresented. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ethey call me blue because\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ethey don’t understand how the sky work\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ethey call you black because\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ethey don’t understand how god work\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover • Ships in 2-3 days • Also available through Ingram. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClint Smith is the #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eHow the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction and selected by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e as one of the 10 Best Books of 2021. He is also the author of two books of poetry, \u003cem\u003eAbove Ground \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eCounting Descent.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso available at:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Counting-Descent-Clint-Smith\/dp\/193891211X\/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8\u0026amp;dib_tag=se\u0026amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.HMgCvaVARFEKdxNsB-soITNgmr9dgr1SRNLNhTsV8eu84Lfmm1Df4mwccN956uLnjr5-KXoIKiVaK8U-OGU8tu06bQ0Q4JpFPwbPezsN-0owwqMv8zBOxmKioD0Pd3vl_NACI1RYpZYCj8XWiOzKx0qRpcFV2Ns3QaxWUheOpwI.Ap_fANC8qYQu4JrNLi7PjVopZ1Opa1rStlSlh9hSVrs\u0026amp;qid=1744037333\u0026amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"\u003eBuy on Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/counting-descent-clint-smith\/1123586655?ean=9781938912115\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"\u003eBuy on Barnes \u0026amp; Noble\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/counting-descent-clint-smith\/17656950?ean=9781938912115\u0026amp;next=t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"\u003eBuy on Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Write Bloody Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68384430522591,"sku":null,"price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/0151\/5999\/files\/clintbook.jpg?v=1793922704","url":"https:\/\/allbridge.shop\/products\/counting-descent-by-clint-smith-hardcover","provider":"Hadley \u0026 West","version":"1.0","type":"link"}