{"product_id":"we-come-elemental-9781938584008","title":"We Come Elemental","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"In her lovely, complicated poems, Beyer . . . suggests that queerness isn't relegated to gender or love but is part of the ebb and flow of everything.\" --\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What is remarkable about \u003ci\u003eWe Come Elemental\u003c\/i\u003e is that it effectively queers nature and body without explicitly doing so.... Gender, sexuality, and body coexist with the ever-changing tides, and desire is upheld as a pure form of (re)creation. Beyer has written a nuanced book that deserves a careful, joyous, and thoughtful read.\" --Lambda Literary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough \"queer:: eco:: poetics,\" Tamiko Beyer leads readers to reconsider the true meaning and implications of nature and \"natural\" order. Reclaiming nature as queer, Beyer inspires us to discard gender dichotomies and uncover the intricate relationships between bodies both human and elemental through syntax as unpredictable as the natural world's movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"Look Alive, Dark Side\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeach walking we\u003cbr\u003ewho siphon the wet\u003cbr\u003estep around dumb\u003cbr\u003elumps gleaming\u003cbr\u003ein moonlight's pull: \u003cbr\u003ecreatures the tide\u003cbr\u003eabandons to the shore.\u003cbr\u003eWe are not at all like them.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTamiko Beyer\u003c\/b\u003e spent the first ten years of her life in Tokyo, Japan. She is the author of the chapbook \u003ci\u003ebough breaks\u003c\/i\u003e (Meritage Press). She received her MFA from Washington University in St. Louis and was awarded a Chancellor's Fellowship. Beyer is a former Kundiman Fellow, a recipient of a grant from the Astraea Lesbian Writers Fund, and a contributing editor to \u003ci\u003eDrunken Boat\u003c\/i\u003e. She works as the advocacy writer at Corporate Accountability International.\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 05\/21\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938584008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.60w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2013 pg. 110\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tamiko Beyer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51334079316149,"sku":"9781938584008","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_3011d987-4a11-4bbb-bef3-9f2d5c7d5f13.jpg?v=1752583587","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/we-come-elemental-9781938584008","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}