{"product_id":"the-bodys-alphabet-paperback","title":"The Body's Alphabet - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnn Tweedy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE BI BOOK AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Home is the structure you build when nowhere else will have you,\" writes Ann Tweedy in this gutsy, no-nonsense collection of poems built on a precarious and often tender journey through homes no longer available to return to. The result is neither sadness nor nostalgia; it is hard, clean narrative of self-preservation and survival, fitted with unexpected joy. I feel such kinship with these poems, their testament to the strength and determination of women and men who struggle to build life anew, and to find home and happiness in a world of travail. What a blessed space this book is: a home for the wayward soul.\u003cbr\u003e-D. A. Powell, American Poet \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnn Tweedy's first book is a brave and honest examination of liminality. In delicate lyrics she confesses to trespass, asking readers to question the boundaries between acts and identity, sexuality and family. \u003ci\u003eThe Body's Alphabet\u003c\/i\u003e documents the poet's courage, living openly as a bisexual feminist. Although childhood logic taught her that \"home is the structure \/ you build when nowhere else will have you,\" these beautiful poems knit and nest safe haven for a life spent gathering freedom.\u003cbr\u003e-Carol Guess, author of \u003ci\u003eDoll Studies: Forensics\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat made me sit down and read \u003ci\u003eThe Body's Alphabet, \u003c\/i\u003e cover to cover, in a single evening? Perhaps it is the way that I know, in Ann Tweedy's poems, I will find the unvarnished truth, and a voice with \"the drowsed freedom to talk about anything.\" And I know I will find that truth compassionately rendered, details delicately arranged like the flowers of the \"dutiful and stubborn\" forsythia of which she writes. This is a book about finding homes for ourselves-homes for our adult selves, even as complex memories of our childhood homes still live inside us; homes for our bodies; homes in the natural world. Tweedy's vision is both hopeful and wise.\u003cbr\u003e-Katrina Vandenberg, author of \u003ci\u003eAtlas\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Alphabet Not Unlike the World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.22 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 25, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52731246444851,"sku":"9780692613825","price":27.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/PJ-H4uxUY9780692613825.webp?v=1763852195","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-bodys-alphabet-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}