{"product_id":"bend-dont-shatter-t-cole-rachel-9781932360172","title":"Bend, Don't Shatter: Poets on the Beginning of Desire","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn anthology of poetry for young adults that realistically and beautifully deals with what it means to come of age as gay, lesbian, transgender, or, as is perhaps more often the case in adolescence, totally confused\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe anthology approaches the seemingly unnavigable territory of teenage sexuality and confusion with poems written by adults who keenly remember the turmoil, pain and excitement of adolescence and sexual coming of age. The poems are written with the insight and clarity of perspective and understanding that comes with years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book shows that teenage sexuality is more nuanced and complicated than it is often given credit for. It is valuable in that it not only provides a service of sorts--giving young adults a thing with which they can identify, a thing that might comfort, console, explain, entertain, and illuminate--but also just as importantly, it brings the pleasures of poetry to an audience for whom poetry itself might seem as unfathomable as adulthood itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e T. Cole Rachel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1932360174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781932360172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soft Skull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 111\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.44h x 5.46w x 0.34d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2004 pg. 479\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLambda Book Report\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2004 pg. 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2005 pg. 153","brand":"T. Cole Rachel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46383952986367,"sku":"9781932360172","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b68ae7ec-b227-462f-9632-7970a1866aa3.jpg?v=1733282192","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bend-dont-shatter-t-cole-rachel-9781932360172","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}