{"product_id":"resting-bitch-face-poems-9781593767877","title":"Resting Bitch Face: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn Audacious Book Club Pick \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The author of the award-winning national bestseller \u003ci\u003eI Done Clicked My Heels Three Times\u003c\/i\u003e returns with a poetry collection that transforms the Black female speaker from object, artistic muse, and victim to subject, critic, and master of her story \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eResting Bitch Face \u003c\/i\u003eis a book for women, for Black women, for lovers of art and film criticism, and for writers interested in work that finds a middle ground between poetry and prose. Taylor Byas uses some of our most common ways of \"watching\" throughout history (painting, films, sculpture, and photographs) to explore how these mediums shape Black female subjectivity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the examination of artwork by Picasso, Gauguin, Sally Mann, and Nan Goldin, Byas displays her mastery of the poetic form by engaging in intimate and inventive writing. Fluctuating between watcher and watched, the speaker of these poems uses mirrors and reflections to flip the script and talk back to histories of art, text, photography, relationships, and men. From Polaroids to gesso primer to sculpture, Byas creates a world in which the artist calls out and the muse responds. For not only does she enter the world of the long-revered classic artist, but she also infuses her poems with such iconic pop culture works as \u003ci\u003eThe Joker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWandaVision\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLast Tango in Paris\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soft Skull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593767877\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Taylor Byas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51280951673013,"sku":"9781593767877","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c17c787d-bb09-4f44-a2cc-2806fc644c1d.jpg?v=1751469965","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/resting-bitch-face-poems-9781593767877","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}