{"product_id":"another-word-for-hunger-paperback","title":"Another Word for Hunger - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHeather Bartlett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnother Word for Hunger\u003c\/em\u003e is a spare, honest, and tender debut that nimbly contemplates the complications of love, mother\/daughter relationships, loneliness, religion, sex, misogyny, queerness, and gender. At its essence, this collection is about desire and love, and the ways the two intersect-and don't. Short poems with short lines that cut with their sharp precision, this collection begins in adulthood and intimacy before journeying back to a time when notions of heteronormativity are challenged and examined. Here is a spectrum of formative experience: 'someday I will learn \/ what it means to want more \/ \u003cem\u003ewoman \u003c\/em\u003eshe says ...'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnother Word for Hunger\u003c\/em\u003e imagines new and more inclusive spiritual practices, as when\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003etwo lovers confess their sins to each other. Here there is fire, burning, hunger, thirst, biting, craving, and wanting as a deep sense of yearning looms. Here there is yearning for love, yes, but also for acceptance, for comfort, for understanding, and for a better world. It can be quelled at times, even seemingly quenched, but inevitably yearning returns as something painfully beautiful. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 102\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 13, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42127799484551,"sku":"9781951979485","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e0009790e30ed95578ba17a66a726095.webp?v=1732590745","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/another-word-for-hunger-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}