{"product_id":"birds-of-america-paperback-by-chera-hammons","title":"Birds of America Paperback by Chera Hammons","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eDial Press Trade Paperback\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2026-06-09)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e176\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780593980033\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e215.46\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.96 x 13.79 x 1.4\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn evocative, uplifting, and thoughtfully illustrated collection of poems steeped in the natural world, examining life and healing in the aftermath of trauma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An achievement . . . This book reminds us what poetry is capable of.”—José Olivarez, author of \u003ci\u003ePromises of Gold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSee how the eagles lift now, bound by surviving together.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe only get one shot at this. Save\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhat you can. Love even what you can’t save.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does it mean to love someone, and to love the world, when what we love is vanishing? In \u003ci\u003eBirds of America\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning poet Chera Hammons reckons with the intersection of personal violence and the violence humans have wrought upon our planet and explores the beauty that remains among the ruins. With graceful lyricism, she translates seemingly mundane scenes from the natural world—two eagles locked together in a tandem dive, the fresh sweetness of wild onions—into exquisite revelations of human feeling, inviting us to glimpse the hidden magic of the everyday.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor anyone who struggles to remain grounded when it feels like the world is falling apart, each poem in \u003ci\u003eBirds of America\u003c\/i\u003e offers a meditative lens with which to view the fraught relationships we have with the living beings around us, which come to life through exquisite artwork by acclaimed illustrator Sophie Lucido Johnson. Hammons encourages us to love fiercely, to embrace a future where our damage teaches us to be kinder people, and to never give up on the beauty of our world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChera Hammons \u003c\/b\u003eis a winner of the PEN Southwest Book Award through PEN Texas and the Helen C. Smith Memorial Award through the Texas Institute of Letters. She holds an MFA from Goddard College and formerly served as writer-in-residence at West Texas A\u0026amp;M University. Her work, which is rooted in love for the natural world, appears in \u003ci\u003eBaltimore Review, Pleiades, Poetry, Rattle, The Southern Review, The Sun, The Texas Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She lives on the windswept prairies of the Texas Panhandle. In her free time, she enjoys reading, birdwatching, spending time with her horses and donkeys, and caring for her houseplant collection, which is slowly but surely taking over her entire living space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46524297380001,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780593980033","price":27.54,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780593980033.jpg?v=1780992800","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/birds-of-america-paperback-by-chera-hammons","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}