{"product_id":"a-shiver-in-the-leaves-paperback","title":"A Shiver in the Leaves - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLuther Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCarl Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNestled against the backdrop of Seattle's flora, fauna, and cityscape, Luther Hughes' debut poetry collection wrestles with the interior and exterior symbiosis of a gay Black man finding refuge from the threat of depression and death through love and desire.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHughes draws readers into a Seattle that is heavily entrenched in violent anti-Blackness, and full of vulnerable and personal encounters from both the speaker's past and present. With reverent and careful imagery, Hughes fashions deeply saturated, tender vignettes that reckon relationships between family and friends, lovers, nature, and the police-state.\u003ci\u003eA Shiver in the Leaves\u003c\/i\u003e is stunningly cinematic in its layered portrayal of the never-ending dualities of a queer Black poet's life in the city. Hughes's interrogation of selfhood renders a sharply intimate and viscerally powerful reimagining of what it means to be alive in a body, and what it can mean \u003ci\u003eto live\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuther \"Lue\" Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e (she\/her) is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Shiver in the Leaves\u003c\/i\u003e (Boa Editions, 2022), listed as best books of 2022 in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and the chapbook, \u003ci\u003eTouched\u003c\/i\u003e (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2018), recommended by the American Library Association. She is the founder of Shade Literary Arts, an online platform for queer writers of color, cohosts The Poet Salon Podcast with Gabrielle Bates and Dujie Tahat, and serves as the Poetry Editor for \u003ci\u003eCHUM News\u003c\/i\u003e. Her honors include the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Rosenberg Fellowship, the 92Y Discovery Poetry Prize, Cascade PBS's Black Arts Legacies honoree, and named Most Influential by \u003ci\u003eSeattle Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writing has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review, Orion, American Poetry Review, Seattle Met, \u003c\/i\u003e and others. She's been featured in \u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForbesWomen, Essence, KUOW Public Radio\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. Lue lives in Seattle, where she was born and raised.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.9 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 27, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43778085027903,"sku":"9781950774678","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/samiestore.shop\/products\/a-shiver-in-the-leaves-paperback","provider":"Samie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}