{"product_id":"nine-persimmons-9781496243713","title":"Nine Persimmons","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Backwaters Prize in Poetry Honorable Mention\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNine Persimmons\u003c\/i\u003e Kerry James Evans traces a geography both intimate and far-flung--Tuscaloosa and Biloxi, Charleston and New Orleans, the Cloisters above Washington Heights, a banana orchard in the Azores, a journey to Rome. The poems move with the gravity of pilgrimage, their compass set between wandering and witness, as they cross from ballfields and shipyards into the charged realms of myth and ritual. Evans's gift lies in how the ordinary gathers its own divinity: persimmon seeds split to forecast winter, a grandmother's weed-eater gospel, Camaro burnouts paired with tarot, psalms rising as pelicans wheel into sudden sky. In this light \u003ci\u003eNine Persimmons\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how the most unassuming corners of existence sometimes hold the deepest truths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kerry James Evans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Backwaters Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496243713\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKerry James Evans \u003c\/b\u003eis an associate professor of English at Georgia College and State University, where he coordinates the MFA and undergraduate creative writing programs. He is the author of the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eBangalore\u003c\/i\u003e. A recipient of a 2015 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and a Walter E. Dakin Fellowship from the Sewanee Writers' Conference, his poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eAGNI\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew England Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. He is the coeditor and managing editor of \u003ci\u003ePeach\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Kerry James Evans \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47699037421725,"sku":"9781496243713","price":35.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_6a24ba28-6a3e-4af8-8a13-c1245f28f6ba.jpg?v=1772696533","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/nine-persimmons-9781496243713","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}