{"product_id":"bec-and-call-jenna-lyn-albert-9780889713482","title":"Bec and Call","description":"\u003cp\u003eRife with colloquialisms, irony and a healthy dose of sass, the poems collected in \u003cem\u003eBec and Call\u003c\/em\u003e refuse to be silent or subtle; instead they delve into the explicit, the audacious, the boldly personal. \u003cem\u003eBec and Call\u003c\/em\u003e subverts the notion of female sexuality as male appeasement, the French wordplay in the title using the meaning of \"bec\"--a kiss, mouthpiece or beak--to complicate notions of compliance and submission. The roles of Acadienne and feminist come with the responsibility of speaking up, and \u003cem\u003eBec and Call\u003c\/em\u003e is a means of vocalizing the societal \u003cem\u003ed rangement\u003c\/em\u003e of Acadian culture amidst the difficulties women encounter as a result of rape culture and anti-feminism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese poems are fearless and precise in their aim, but are not without a sense of play: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMenstrual synchrony's a bitch in a household of women: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003esome sheets never see the line, endometrial tissue Javexed and tumble-dried.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo captains off-duty, solariums are wheelhouses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAntique binoculars magnify songbirds, deer and that one black squirrel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClose the blinds to neighbours. \u003cem\u003eGirl, you're bodied, full-bodied, embodied.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jenna Lyn Albert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0889713480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780889713482\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nightwood Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.40w x 0.30d","brand":"Jenna Lyn Albert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45481735586047,"sku":"9780889713482","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_021ec800-5aa2-48b8-8f5a-632b682b7cb2.jpg?v=1715987520","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bec-and-call-jenna-lyn-albert-9780889713482","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}