{"product_id":"bittering-the-wound-paperback","title":"Bittering the Wound - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJacqui Germain\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA firsthand account of the 2014 Ferguson uprising that challenges how we document and report on political unrest.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jacqui Germain's debut collection, \u003ci\u003eBittering the Wound\u003c\/i\u003e, is a first-person retelling of the 2014 Ferguson uprising. Part documentation, part conjuring, this collection works to share the narrative of the event with more complexity, audacity, care, and specificity than public media accounts typically allow. Throughout the book, Germain also grapples with navigating the impacts of sustained protest-related trauma on mental health as it relates to activism and organizing. The book also takes occasional aim at the media that sensationalized these scenes into a spectacle and at the faceless public that witnessed them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBittering the Wound\u003c\/i\u003e challenges the way we discuss, write about, and document political unrest. It offers fresh language and perspective on a historic period that reverberated around the world. Germain takes the reader through poems that depict a range of scenes--from mid-protest to post-protest--and personifies St. Louis with a keen and loving eye. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBittering the Wound \u003c\/i\u003ewas selected by Douglas Kearney as the winner of the 2021 CAAP Book Prize. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacqui Germain \u003c\/b\u003eis a poet, journalist, and former labor and student organizer living and working in St. Louis, Missouri. She is the author of the chapbook \"When the Ghosts Come Ashore,\" and her poems have been published in\u003ci\u003e The Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTinderbox Poetry Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOffing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMuzzle Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnomaly\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere, and they have been anthologized in \u003ci\u003eBettering American Poetry, Volume 3\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9.3 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42697140174911,"sku":"9781637680568","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/4b112f29085ccc7af938fdb526f55f66.webp?v=1765008603","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/bittering-the-wound-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}