{"product_id":"what-we-do-with-god-poems-paperback-1","title":"What We Do with God: Poems - 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\u003eDaniella Toosie-Watson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eWhat We Do with God\u003c\/em\u003e, Daniella Toosie-Watson collapses the division among humans, the natural world, and the divine.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eToosie-Watson's debut poetry collection meditates on the politics of mental health, pleasure, and the natural world. In this book, the everyday miracles of insects are studied, celebrated, and made sacrosanct. Prayer and pleasure are two sides of the same coin. Propriety has no bearing on sensual connection and exploration. The poet calls upon Puerto Rican, Iranian, and Russian inheritance to explore where, why, and how ancestral mysticism and Western pathology intersect and\/or diverge. The speaker finds those questions mirrored back as they maneuver through the stark realities of the US mental health care system.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eWhat We Do with God\u003c\/em\u003e dives into the grotesque, the bestial, the surreal, as a means to defamiliarize abuse. Toosie-Watson's debut poetry collection is a practice of reclamation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With an unapologetic impiety to holiness and waywardness, \u003cem\u003eWhat We Do with God\u003c\/em\u003e invites readers to enter a world where care extends beyond ourselves and those closest to us to ecosystems holding the wider world together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaniella Toosie-Watson\u003c\/strong\u003e (she\/they) is a poet, visual artist, and educator from New York whose work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic, The Paris Review, Callaloo, Virginia Quarterly Review, Poet Lore, The Cincinnati Review, \u003c\/em\u003e and elsewhere. Daniella received their MFA from the University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52731241365811,"sku":"9798888903704","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Shg3sn8gIU9798888903704_ffdbd259-779f-4c4f-a92e-dd1946d95e70.webp?v=1763852186","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/what-we-do-with-god-poems-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}