{"product_id":"imagine-a-woman-9781966075165","title":"Imagine a Woman","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Dorothy Neagle\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Gnashing Teeth Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Gnashing Teeth Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Subjects \u0026amp; Themes - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStories have the power to free us, or to hold us captive. \u003cem\u003eImagine a Woman\u003c\/em\u003e is a book about both, and how the retelling of stories we inherit can open a pathway between fear and survival. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003emake from the signature of \/ your mouth sewed shut \/ some threads to pull your throat \/ onto the page\u003c\/em\u003e.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrganized around four feminine archetypes-the Virgin, the Mother, the Prophet, and the Whore-these poems offer a multi-storied perspective on the many ways a woman is defined, and how femininity is shaped by histories ancient and new. Through '\u003cem\u003ebotanical fragments of memory: \/ broken strands of frogs' eggs and frayed sleeves of \/ pond reeds, skipping \/ stones spidered with oxygenated holes, eroded \/ arrowheads of mussel \/ shells, and swollen bags of concrete, ' \u003c\/em\u003eNeagle carries us from girlhood to motherhood, through the death of her own mother, and back to a life beyond the destructive stories of what a woman is and isn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eI wear something under my skin \/ that doesn't sleep, when I go out \/ at night it comes with me.' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection offers new ways to devote ourselves to the myths, nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and playground songs that captivate our memories and inspire our futures, igniting a sharp and stirring transformation from being silenced to learning how to speak.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gnashing Teeth Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47967691341975,"sku":"9781966075165","price":1038.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781966075165.webp?v=1782915322","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/imagine-a-woman-9781966075165","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}