{"product_id":"abodag","title":"a body is not a sky, by Anna Gayle","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 36 pages, from \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ea body is not a sky\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection about the transition from girlhood to womanhood. These poems detail the physically and emotionally painful process of feminine discovery. How does a person become and remain an object? What do you say when there is no space for “no”? How can you know yourself when you are afraid of your own memory?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThrough vivid and unflinching imagery, these poems weave together stories that are too often silenced. Acting as a record of the “signs of life \/ women recognize”, \u003cem\u003ea body is not a sky\u003c\/em\u003e unapologetically asks its readers to bear witness while challenging the limited language we have been given to understand sexual violation and violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eAnna Gayle is a poet, educator, and artist whose work is interested in black womanhood, collective femininity, and chronic illness. Her poems have been published, or are forthcoming, in \u003cem\u003eGulf Coast\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCider Press Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCALYX\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRogue Agent\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Mantle\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThimble Lit Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e. She is a graduate of Oregon State University’s MFA program and her poems have been nominated for the Best of the Net Anthology and a Pushcart Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anna Gayle","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":50077608247611,"sku":"ABODAG","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":50077608280379,"sku":"ABODAGe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/files\/skyfront.png?v=1741215025","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/abodag","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}