{"product_id":"hips-like-holy-rivers-9781069942708","title":"Hips Like Holy Rivers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat if desire is not something to conquer, but something holy enough to kneel before?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHips Like Holy Rivers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a collection of erotic and narrative poems shaped by a daughter of the diaspora returning to India in search of her roots-only to discover they are already growing within her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving through temples and bedrooms, pilgrimages and lovers' arms, these poems trace an apprenticeship to India herself: a land that teaches through heat, ritual, hunger, and touch. As the poet surrenders to love, longing, and the unfamiliar, devotion and desire begin to mirror one another-submission to a lover echoing the deeper yielding required by the divine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndia is not only a setting but a presence: mother, mystic, seductress, initiator. In her gaze, the speaker confronts inherited shame, fractured belonging, and the ache of wanting what both calls and resists her. What emerges is a reckoning with the body as a sacred site, where erotic awakening becomes a form of prayer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yamuna Flaherty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781069942708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 62\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.15d","brand":"Yamuna Flaherty","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53195258134709,"sku":"9781069942708","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781069942708.jpg?v=1788273562","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/hips-like-holy-rivers-9781069942708","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}