{"product_id":"boybjj","title":"BOY BAND, by Jenna Jaco","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 44 pages, from\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-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\"\u003eGet your lipgloss on, lads—we’re exploring performance, gender, and desire under capitalism! \u003cem\u003eBOY BAND\u003c\/em\u003e dunks you into a pit of perfume samples, licensed merchandise, fast food menus, and glossy magazine spreads where every heartthrob divulges their likes, dislikes, and most embarrassing moment. With a style that flickers between conversational and experimental, \u003cem\u003eBOY BAND\u003c\/em\u003e seeks to make sense of this detritus.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBoy bands themselves serve a unique cultural function—they’re safe, distilled packages of masculinity and devotion. They do not threaten; they cannot let you down. At the same time, their existence furthers some of the most unsavory aspects of late capitalism and cisheteronormativity, the latter of which is honestly weird considering some of those outfits.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBOY BAND\u003c\/em\u003e, one poem takes you to the strangest carousel you’ve never seen. Another gives instructions for becoming your own teen idol. An annotated calendar walks you through a month of undulating gender expressions. As a whole, these poems examine the relationship between performers and observers of all kinds, the bizarre gender escapism a boy band offers, and the modern-day imperative to collect them all, choose your favorite, and love it until it hurts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eJenna Jaco is a writer, small object collector, rom com apologist, and faffer-about from Austin, Texas. They have a background in rhetoric, literature, technical writing, and information architecture, and studied poetry in translation on a Fulbright grant to Korea. She has published work in \u003cem\u003eHobart\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePeach Mag\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRejection Letters\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jenna Jaco","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":39601474469959,"sku":"BOYBJJ","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":39601474502727,"sku":"BOYBJJe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/products\/boybandfront.png?v=1697488860","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/boybjj","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}