{"product_id":"we-the-people-of-the-united-states-9780143138648","title":"We (the People of the United States)","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"An essential addition to the American poetic canon.\" --Booklist \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom an award-winning poet praised for his \"rhapsodic, rigorous\" work (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) comes an immersive meditation on kindship, collectivity, and environmental thought \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe (The People of The United States) \u003c\/i\u003eis a book-length poem made to the measure of the modern world. Composed of 55 sections, it features a breathtaking range of characters and concerns: The Beach Boys, Gwendolyn Brooks, the invention of the typewriter, Zora Neale Hurston, Sun Ra, life on Mars, Robert Frost, experimental physics, The Jackson 5. Throughout the collection, Bennett summons Virgil's \u003ci\u003eGeorgics\u003c\/i\u003e as a lens through which to not only tell the story of his family, but a much larger one about the \"form of the American mind,\" our relationship to the natural world, and the pursuit of a dignified, abundant life. Published the year of the nation's 250th anniversary, it is a collection that is right on time. One that calls us, as Langston Hughes once did, toward a future America that is not yet here, \"and yet must be.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joshua Bennett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.83h x 5.84w x 0.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143138648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Joshua Bennett\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sobbing School\u003c\/i\u003e (Penguin, 2016), which was a National Poetry Series selection and a finalist for an NAACP Image Award. He is also the author o\u003ci\u003ef Being Property Once Myself\u003c\/i\u003e (Harvard University Press, 2020), \u003ci\u003eOwed\u003c\/i\u003e (Penguin, 2020), \u003ci\u003eThe Study of Human Life \u003c\/i\u003e(Penguin, 2022), and \u003ci\u003eSpoken Word: A Cultural History\u003c\/i\u003e (Knopf, 2023). He has received fellowships and awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Whiting Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Society of Fellows at Harvard University. He is a professor of literature and Distinguished Chair of the Humanities at MIT.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Joshua Bennett \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47754058989725,"sku":"9780143138648","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_33fba2df-15ee-4db0-8a79-83f8dc6a9abc.jpg?v=1774332311","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/we-the-people-of-the-united-states-9780143138648","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}