{"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":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43058895290429,"sku":"9781635902822","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781635902822_p0.jpg?v=1774389320","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781635902822","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}