{"product_id":"lady-smith-9781629223032","title":"Lady Smith","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2023 Akron Poetry Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePropulsive and erotic, searching and incisive, Jess Smith's debut collection\u003cem\u003e Lady Smith\u003c\/em\u003e explores the overlap between private and public violence. These poems investigate the troubled relationship between control and intimacy and deconstruct the messaging women receive about their bodies, starting in childhood. \u003cem\u003eLady Smith\u003c\/em\u003e resists the urge to offer a tidy healing narrative, instead revealing the way victims absorb violence and try to live with the long shadows of cultural misunderstandings and self-doubt. Smith offers readers a fearless invitation to pleasure, sensuality, and our own complicity in everyday brutalities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Akron Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781629223032\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.30d","brand":"Jess Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45234759336117,"sku":"9781629223032","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9c2e534d-aa16-45ef-8f47-35f44dba8656.jpg?v=1743518676","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/lady-smith-9781629223032","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}