{"product_id":"saint-consequence-9781949944747","title":"Saint Consequence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael M. Weinstein's debut poetry collection, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSaint Consequence\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003emeditates on the body as a site of continuous change--both painful and beautiful, elected and imposed--to explore the often tangled journeys of physical and spiritual transformation. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to inhabit a body--and for that body to inhabit our shared world, in all its complexity? \u003cem\u003eSaint Consequence \u003c\/em\u003eattempts to mine the gap between a life seen from the outside and the realities of a life lived. Influenced by time spent living in Siberia, Weinstein draws on experiences spanning gender transition, chronic illness, and disability to explore the tensions between public perception and private truth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEver wary of the temptation \"to make a career of pain,\" (Adrienne Rich), these poems instead weave together personal experience and cross-cultural perspectives to invite us to reimagine our place in the world with greater nuance and compassion. Equally a personal reckoning and universal meditation on the complexities of identity, \u003cem\u003eSaint Consequence \u003c\/em\u003eexpands from an examination of one man's singular experience of embodiment into a broader contemplation of the endless particularities of lives other than our own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alice James Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949944747\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.80w x 0.40d","brand":"Michael M. Weinstein","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378684592309,"sku":"9781949944747","price":18.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_eb261169-640b-4fef-a0e2-a0a25b860d40.jpg?v=1753159425","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/saint-consequence-9781949944747","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}