{"product_id":"moon-as-salted-lemon-paperback","title":"Moon as Salted Lemon - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClayre Benzadón\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSara Wagner\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClayre Benzadón's award-winning debut full-length poetry collection, \u003cem\u003eMoon as Salted Lemon, \u003c\/em\u003eis a queering of form and language which interrogates the intersections of Sephardic Jewish, American, and nonbinary identity. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClayre Benzadón's \u003cstrong\u003emultilingual\u003c\/strong\u003e poetry utilizes \u003cstrong\u003elanguage and formal experimentation\u003c\/strong\u003e to interrogate the limits of language, gender, and culture. Benzadón places special focus on the \u003cstrong\u003ephenomenological body \u003c\/strong\u003eand the \u003cstrong\u003esomatic practices of poetry.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExpansive in its themes, \u003cem\u003eMoon as Salted Lemon, \u003c\/em\u003eexplores \u003cstrong\u003esex, the queer body, popular culture, history\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eSephardic Jewish identity\u003c\/strong\u003e using both personal experience and \u003cstrong\u003eexpansive historical research \u003c\/strong\u003ewhich transforms a section of the book into \u003cstrong\u003edocumentary poetics \u003c\/strong\u003eof the history of Jewish people in Spain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOverall, this book is about the \u003cstrong\u003eintersections \u003c\/strong\u003ethat exist in the world, that perhaps nothing is a binary. \u003cstrong\u003eNonbinary Identity\u003c\/strong\u003e is, in fact, the core. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMoon as Salted Lemon\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of \u003cem\u003eDriftwood Press's \u003c\/em\u003eEditor's Pick Prize, is a tight, current, and expansive collection which will challenge and inspire poetry readers of all kinds. It is particularly well-suited to those interested in gender, experimentation, and history. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 126\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43153892409407,"sku":"9781949065381","price":20.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5YLKS43Der9781949065381.webp?v=1776951813","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/moon-as-salted-lemon-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}