{"product_id":"god-in-her-ruffled-dress-9798986625867","title":"God in Her Ruffled Dress","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGod in Her Ruffled Dress\u003c\/em\u003e enacts conversations between illness and wellness, body and spirit, the temporal and the eternal. These poems chart a personal investigation of the divine, in which erotic desire is central, feminist awareness is inherent, and gender is many-faceted. But the spark for each poem is not ideology, but rather, a lyrical impulse to search and illuminate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBookended by two poem-prayers, the book's four sections move from healing to various forms of creating: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \"Return to the Body\" includes poems on Lisa B's longstanding type 1 diabetes, Biblical scripture, and spiritual transformation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \"Drum the Beginning of the World\" focuses on the human\/divine interface through the lens of singing and music, with homages to jazz masters and poems on the author's own practice as a vocalist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \"Sever the Head\" is inspired by pandemic politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Finally, \"Propagate\" probes love, sensuality, birth, and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e What Books Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798986625867\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d","brand":"Lisa B. (Lisa Bernstein)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43272042152117,"sku":"9798986625867","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e5c39995-c91d-44ec-9875-5e4f0eec31a2.jpg?v=1699960393","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/god-in-her-ruffled-dress-9798986625867","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}