{"product_id":"begin-by-telling-9781771666633","title":"Begin by Telling","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNever forget \/ \u003cbr\u003e to connect the dots \/ \u003cbr\u003e This book is an attempt to connect a couple.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eBegin by Telling\u003c\/i\u003e, experimental pop sensation and Polaris nominee Meg Remy spins a web out from her body to myriad corners of American hyper-culture. Through illustrated lyric essays depicting memories from early childhood to present day, Remy paints a stark portrait of a spectacle-driven country.\u003cp\u003eThese memories are visceral. As though channel surfing, we catch glimpses of Desert Storm, the Oklahoma City Bombing, random street violence, the petrochemical industry, small town Deadheads, a toilet with uterus lining in it, the county STD clinic, and missionaries at the front door. Each is shared through language of the body; the sensation of experiencing many of the defining events and moments of a country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese threads nimbly interweave with probing quotes and statistics, demonstrating the importance of personal storytelling, radical empathy, and the necessity of reflecting on society and one's self within that construct. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Immersive and utterly compelling, \u003ci\u003eBegin by Telling\u003c\/i\u003e is an artifact of our time; a fascinating perspective on American culture.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eBegin By Telling\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBegin By Telling\u003c\/i\u003e explores the horrors and absurdity of being a girl in the mediated warscape of America. With sharp emotional intelligence, Remy reveals a cultural systemic rot that begins with family and fractals out into school, life, the media, the government, and history. Both hallucinogenic and lucid, this work is a radical interrogation of trauma, and a literary salve for the feminist psyche. --Michelle Tea, author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Wave\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAgainst Memoir: Complaints, Confessions and Criticisms\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePowerful and distinctive, \u003ci\u003eBegin by Telling\u003c\/i\u003e ripped through me with the velocity and weight of a freight train; it's roar drowning out the world around me. A beautiful and brutal work, that forces the reader forward, but is crafted to leave space to catch your breath. --Tegan Quin from Tegan and Sara\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Book*hug Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771666633\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.29d","brand":"Meg Remy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39521830469813,"sku":"9781771666633","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6be28b0a-d7e0-4014-a56b-a45337e0dc8d.jpg?v=1616506859","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/begin-by-telling-9781771666633","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}