{"product_id":"moon-as-salted-lemon-9781949065381","title":"Moon as Salted Lemon","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eClayre Benzadón's award-winning debut full-length poetry collection, \u003cem\u003eMoon as Salted Lemon, \u003c\/em\u003eis a queering of form and language which interrogates the intersections of Sephardic Jewish, American, and nonbinary identity. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eClayre Benzadón's \u003cstrong\u003emultilingual\u003c\/strong\u003e poetry utilizes \u003cstrong\u003elanguage and formal experimentation\u003c\/strong\u003e to interrogate the limits of language, gender, and culture. Benzadón places special focus on the \u003cstrong\u003ephenomenological body \u003c\/strong\u003eand the \u003cstrong\u003esomatic practices of poetry.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExpansive in its themes, \u003cem\u003eMoon as Salted Lemon, \u003c\/em\u003eexplores \u003cstrong\u003esex, the queer body, popular culture, history\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eSephardic Jewish identity\u003c\/strong\u003e using both personal experience and \u003cstrong\u003eexpansive historical research \u003c\/strong\u003ewhich transforms a section of the book into \u003cstrong\u003edocumentary poetics \u003c\/strong\u003eof the history of Jewish people in Spain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOverall, this book is about the \u003cstrong\u003eintersections \u003c\/strong\u003ethat exist in the world, that perhaps nothing is a binary. \u003cstrong\u003eNonbinary Identity\u003c\/strong\u003e is, in fact, the core. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMoon as Salted Lemon\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of \u003cem\u003eDriftwood Press's \u003c\/em\u003eEditor's Pick Prize, is a tight, current, and expansive collection which will challenge and inspire poetry readers of all kinds. It is particularly well-suited to those interested in gender, experimentation, and history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Driftwood Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949065381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.30d","brand":"Clayre Benzad\u0026#195;\u0026#179;n","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51798534553781,"sku":"9781949065381","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1248f851-c805-4f13-bd80-6012739fa97f.jpg?v=1758639147","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/moon-as-salted-lemon-9781949065381","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}