{"product_id":"for-this-and-other-cruelties-9781685970284","title":"For This and Other Cruelties","description":"The shadow of mothering has never been given a richer, fuller, more debased vision than in Youna Kwak's \u003ci\u003eFor This and Other Cruelties\u003c\/i\u003e. Kwak casts a cold eye on the splendid and cruel intransigence of maternal paradoxes in all their impossible double binds, monstrous pleasures, and profane mystifications. Shifting between lyric and prose poems, this collection throws slanted light on the ineffability of our deepest attachments, envisioning a world where mother is \"a creature whose only enemy could be human.\" Kwak brings us face to face with the irreconcilable facts of being mother, mothered, and alive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Iowa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781685970284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Youna Kwak","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51445583904949,"sku":"9781685970284","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9a1f20c4-3a08-42d1-98ed-377d46b4ded1.jpg?v=1753799084","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/for-this-and-other-cruelties-9781685970284","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}