{"product_id":"what-do-we-do-with-god-poems","title":"What Do We Do With God: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Daniella Toosie-Watson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: HaymarketBooks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eToosie-Watson’s debut poetry collection meditates on the politics of mental health, pleasure, and the natural world. In this book, the everyday miracles of insects are studied, celebrated, and made sacrosanct. Prayer and pleasure are two sides of the same coin. Propriety has no bearing on sensual connection and exploration. The poet calls upon Puerto Rican, Iranian, and Russian inheritance to explore where, why, and how ancestral mysticism and Western pathology intersect and\/or diverge. The speaker finds those questions mirrored back as they maneuver through the stark realities of the US mental health care system.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhat We Do with God\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e dives into the grotesque, the bestial, the surreal, as a means to defamiliarize abuse. Toosie-Watson’s debut poetry collection is a practice of reclamation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith an unapologetic impiety to holiness and waywardness,\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhat We Do with God\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e invites readers to enter a world where care extends beyond ourselves and those closest to us to ecosystems holding the wider world together.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44055242702947,"sku":"9798888903704","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/8655\/1139\/files\/51WlibVGcnL._SY445_SX342_ML2.jpg?v=1773437382","url":"https:\/\/woodlandpatternbookcenter.com\/products\/what-do-we-do-with-god-poems","provider":"Woodland Pattern","version":"1.0","type":"link"}