{"product_id":"laurie-ann-guerrero-i-have-eaten-the-rattlesnake-new-and-selected-poems-hardcover","title":"Laurie Ann Guerrero: I Have Eaten the Rattlesnake; New and Selected Poems - Hardcover","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\u003eLaurie Ann Guerrero\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of Guerrero's new and selected work documents the struggle to both honor and disrupt cultural, social, and familial traditions and histories. Hers is an honest and fearless examination of racism, sexism, domestic abuse, illness, and loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeminist writer, mother, and educator, Guerrero has been described by the \u003ci\u003eSan Antonio Current \u003c\/i\u003eas \"a badass of poetic proportions.\" In her poems, bodies sway \"above the cotton like sheets on a line,\" women turn into roosters, grief is carried like a newborn, snake venom is made in the marrow of the atlas bone, and the greatest revolution is \"to sing graveside, to whisper intention into bowls of beans, to dance \/ without fear or fight.\" With her unfailingly bold imagery and sharp eye, this collection of Guerrero's work is a carefully constructed artifact by a poet who works and thinks with her hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume is the fourteenth in the TCU Press Texas Poet Laureate series. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLAURIE ANN GUERRERO is the author of \u003ci\u003eTongue in the Mouth of the Dying\u003c\/i\u003e (Notre Dame 2013) and \u003ci\u003eA Crown for Gumecindo\u003c\/i\u003e (Aztlan Libre 2015). Poet Laureate of San Antonio (2014-2016) and of Texas (2016-2017), Guerrero holds degrees from Smith College and Drew University and is the Writer-in-Residence at Texas A\u0026amp;M University-San Antonio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 25, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52728995348787,"sku":"9780875657462","price":28.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/6aJMyIVEU9780875657462.webp?v=1763798755","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/laurie-ann-guerrero-i-have-eaten-the-rattlesnake-new-and-selected-poems-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}