{"product_id":"9781635902822","title":"SOULMATE AS A VERB","description":"\u003cb\u003ePoems of tender knowledge, buoyant survival, and Black, trans embodiment.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe simple yet fraught experience of embodiment lies at the thrumming heart of Kelsey L. Smoot’s \u003ci\u003eSOULMATE AS A VERB\u003c\/i\u003e. Bodies make love possible, they enable tender connection and transmit electric joy, all while leaving one vulnerable to discord and abuse, heartbreak and grief. Like a body, Smoot’s daring poetry metabolizes cruelty, seeking the tender knowledge and kinships that allow for buoyant survival. The subjectivity of a Black, trans self becomes a prism, shining a variegated intellect on everything from suburbia to Palestine, top surgery to police violence. By utilizing forms such as kwansaba, calligram, Craigslist personals, and golden shovels, \u003ci\u003eSOULMATE AS A VERB\u003c\/i\u003e revels in structures that locate poet and poem in a lineage of innovative and contemporary Black, queer verse. Kelsey L. Smoot dazzles.","brand":"Kelsey L. Smoot","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":47793987682516,"sku":"9781635902822","price":22.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_675a9863-7677-4508-800f-f31c8a96f9a9.jpg?v=1776177620","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9781635902822","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}