{"product_id":"the-poet-and-his-song","title":"The Poet and His Song","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHe wrote in two tongues, and was praised for the wrong one.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrder this book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.ingramspark.com\/b\/084?params=lQoaKqJiT8ruGY0IbMEdgsQATnRDY2nm4gDPJmBFoS6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ePaperback from IngramSpark →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.ingramspark.com\/b\/084?params=EZ0vAQnOcHAhUBf77QGbGA9ZOBFPfAL7rJNoaK9wVIx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eHardcover from IngramSpark →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout this edition\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A song is but a little thing, \/ And yet what joy it is to sing!” So begins the poem that gives this book its name, and its spirit. Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906), the son of formerly enslaved parents and the first African American poet to win national and international fame, wrote in an age that gave him every reason for despair, and answered it, again and again, with hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume gathers the most hopeful and affirming poems from his two great collections, \u003cem\u003eLyrics of Lowly Life\u003c\/em\u003e (1896) and \u003cem\u003eLyrics of the Hearthside\u003c\/em\u003e (1899): lyrics of faith and perseverance (“Not They Who Soar,” “Keep A-Pluggin’ Away,” “For the Man Who Fails”), of love and the turning seasons, and of plain human joy. The selection is weighted to his standard-English verse, with a handful of his sunniest dialect songs among them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA newly curated and typeset Northlume Library edition, behind an original mixed media illustration by JVB Atelier Designs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNorthlume Classic Library\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback and hardcover, 6 × 9, 100 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"JVB Atelier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44686112489514,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/0228\/4330\/files\/the-poet-and-his-song.jpg?v=1786494123","url":"https:\/\/northlume.org\/products\/the-poet-and-his-song","provider":"Northlume ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}