{"product_id":"the-bodys-politics-la-politica-del-cuerpo-paperback","title":"The Body's Politics \/ La política del cuerpo - 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\u003eJessica Nooney\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a child, \u003cb\u003eJessica Nooney\u003c\/b\u003e danced to the poetry in her tiny living room. She could leap very high and stay in the air for a long time. Those two elements have shown up in her poetry thirty years later.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHer poetry often deals with women's lives. She believes that the more we acknowledge and name the specific actions and feelings of women's lives, the better the situation of women will be in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHere are a few verses as samples of her poetry: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom \u003cb\u003eOld woman on a seesaw\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime roils for a fight. Mean swells of madness I am hot to totter men and war. This world teeters on my eyelid rolls down my cheek. When it's real the fulcrum is love set at this point between sadness and fury.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom \u003cb\u003eRoom change at the Gay Center\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the other side of the wall a boy is singing shadows of music, cadences of regret. Memory of songs sung through decades. They are spinning golden legends in the sadness as the sun sets out all the many windows of this new room. A room that is a change. Distant skyscrapers turn gold now. The voices. Listen. The voices muting as the sun goes down. The faint human voices. This new present.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Body's Politics \/ La política del cuerpo\u003c\/i\u003e was translated into Spanish and edited by Roberto Mendoza Ayala; it contains beautiful photo\/digital images by Jessica Nooney, and has a cover designed by the graphic artist Alonso Venegas Gómez based on a photograph by Grove Nooney.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Body's Politics \/ La política del cuerpo\u003c\/i\u003e, is the seventh title in the \"Bridges\" series of bilingual poetry books edited in New York City by Darklight Publishing LLC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 188\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 19, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53301508112691,"sku":"9780998235578","price":30.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/hGhciIVZxu9780998235578.webp?v=1777512930","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-bodys-politics-la-politica-del-cuerpo-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}