{"product_id":"freak-lip-essays-of-the-unsaid-volume-5-9781680034240","title":"Freak Lip: Essays of the Unsaid Volume 5","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy are some sentences impossible to speak aloud? When they become snared inside us, unsaid, how do they have such an impact on our relationships with others--and with ourselves? In \u003ci\u003eFreak Lip\u003c\/i\u003e, these sentences often relate to firsts: first period, first serious medical diagnosis, first sexual experience, first love. Cohen explores the often-isolating divide between what we easily express to ourselves internally and what's unbearable to articulate to another person. Finally expelling Cohen's own long-kept secret sentences in lyric essays that pair critical thought with everyday accumulations--dialogues with literary voices like Gertrude Stein, break-up emails, AirBnB reviews, and text-message threads--\u003ci\u003eFreak Lip\u003c\/i\u003e does more than document how the act of withholding jeopardizes our connection to others and ourselves. Refusing shame, it spills forth all that's unspeakable--our blood, our sex, our bodies, our truths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInnovative Prose, No. 5 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelected by Katie Jean Shinkle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Trp: The University Press of Shsu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781680034240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs","brand":"Julia Cohen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53241184125109,"sku":"9781680034240","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/freak-lip-essays-of-the-unsaid-volume-5-9781680034240","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}