{"product_id":"rumors-secrets-lies-carol-knight-9781934695791","title":"Rumors Secrets \u0026 Lies: Poems about Pregnancy, Abortion \u0026 Choice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRumors, Secrets, \u0026amp; Lies\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of narrative poems, prose poems, flash fiction -- stories about abortions, unplanned pregnancies, adoptions, and joyous births. 116 writers, including Naomi Shihab Nye, Ellen Bass, and Alicia Ostriker, tell their stories -- how women, and men, navigated this always-charged and emotional landscape before and during Roe v. Wade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis heart-felt collection was inspired by the recent Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022. The book was sent to the printer on Aug. 31, just two months later. Submissions arrived from all over the U.S., but also from as far away as South Korea and Israel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is divided into five sections: Rumors Secrets \u0026amp; Lies; Choice\/No Choice; Loss; Changes, Birth \u0026amp; Joy; and, Frontlines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcerpts follow: \u003cbr\u003eIn the late 1960s, girls just disappeared from high schools and were never seen again. One cocky boy would nod knowingly and say, Another victim, gone to the forests! -- Naomi Shihab Nye, from Rumors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMonet, Cezanne, Pissarro, Vincent, waiting room walls \/ are all the same, framed Impressions looking at you. \/ Sarah is waiting, watching a waiting room clock forget, \/ holding, tightly, my hand with both of hers. -- Earl S. Braggs, from The Weight of Not Answering\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy blood contains the risk \/ of something missing, a malformation \/ of the head \/ -- or worse. Rebekah Denison Hewitt, from Karotype\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI would have been dead \/ in twenty-four hours, \/ had the doctor not given me \/ the cruel diagnosis \/ Not a baby, but a lethal weapon \/ ready to explode inside. Janet Yolen, from It Grew\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e... still \/ she gave this child every intricate bone of both feet, \/ the hollow vertebrae, tiny liver, \/ lungs that fill with air for the first time \/ and begin, without a lesson, \/ bringing this world in and releasing it.\u003cbr\u003e-- Ellen Bass, from The Human Line\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhat is the womb, \/ but the notion that \/ you could replicate yourself? -- Fariha Tayyab, from Blood and Glass\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethis baby won't come I make peace with the birds my body a branch left now all sky with the river I make peace succumb to the eddy I want this baby from the moment I knew -- Karla Van Vliet, from Delivery\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand here she is \/ unbreathing on your chest, her skin so sheer \/ you can see her little blue heart slow its thump -- Kari Teicher, from Undone\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTry the word abortion in a poem \/ it sits, a boulder in the center of the page \/ the other words tiptoe around it \/ too nervous for conversation -- Nicolette Reim, from Pen in Hand\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carol Knight\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1934695793\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781934695791\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anhinga Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/26\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.92h x 9.76w x 0.47d","brand":"Carol Knight","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076560744703,"sku":"9781934695791","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a2333c28-704f-4414-859e-752032fd3214.jpg?v=1685465650","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rumors-secrets-lies-carol-knight-9781934695791","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}