{"product_id":"9781682262856","title":"Paper Pistol","description":"\u003cb\u003eFinalist, 2026 Miller Williams Poetry Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing in the footsteps of poets like Hanif Abdurraqib, John Murillo, and Robert Hayden, Raphael Jenkins’s \u003ci\u003ePaper Pistol \u003c\/i\u003econsiders tenderness, heteronormativity, male friendship, grief, and the various violences implemented by and against Black men. Channeling a multitude of speakers, this collection explores Black fatherhood and “the totems we bequeath” to our young, whom the “hunter . . . see[s as] a field of bucks instead of a \/ field of boys. What marred your vision \u0026amp; made us look so killable?” With humor and vivid imagery, \u003ci\u003ePaper Pistol\u003c\/i\u003e ultimately champions familial care and poetry as the ultimate weaponry, even in the wake of generational violence. “If a pistol were made of paper,” the poet dreams. “If a piece \/ of paper were capable of killing. If a peace. If peace \/ were possible.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Arkansas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47697350066417,"sku":"9781682262856","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781682262856_p0.jpg?v=1768834860","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781682262856","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}