{"product_id":"a-slice-from-the-cake-lillian-yvonne-bertram-9781597093415","title":"A Slice from the Cake Made of Air","description":"\u003ci\u003ea slice from the cake made of air\u003c\/i\u003e processes the physical and mental trauma of abortion coupled with the desires for sexual and emotional love against a backdrop of contemporary culture--with all the sexualization that comes with race, gender, and landscape. From front to back the book is wound through with a single poem whose language is permuted, translated, and retranslated (from English to English) as it cycles around abortion, both asking \"what artifact \/ do I resemble\" and stating \"small love \/ small \/ you failed it \/ in person.\" The poems directly confront the sexual self (\"This isn't a real orgasm, a real patellar fatigue\") and take up the thesis abstract as a malleable form for interrogating the inevitable intersections and overlaps of brains and bodies. Sexy and volatile, a slice from the cake made of air winds over and through itself, with no conclusions or solutions for the mess of living in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lillian-Yvonne Bertram\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1597093416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781597093415\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Red Hen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.90w x 0.40d","brand":"Lillian-Yvonne Bertram","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986987122943,"sku":"9781597093415","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f748c2bd-b47c-419a-b752-f7b4e8d3f5ff.jpg?v=1683286337","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-slice-from-the-cake-lillian-yvonne-bertram-9781597093415","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}