{"product_id":"henderson-brown-zakia-the-body-lpb","title":"[01\/19\/27] Henderson-Brown, Zakia: The Body Losing Its Borders","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlice James Books, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: January 19, 2027\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Body Losing Its Borders \u003c\/em\u003eis a debut collection shaped by the convergence of profound personal loss and a world rapidly shifting around it. Written across the politically volatile years surrounding the poet's brother's cancer diagnosis, these poems trace the disorientation and transformation that follow grief's arrival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgainst this stands a country in fracture--women's bodily autonomy is increasingly under threat, and Black communities are organizing in response to escalating state violence. These poems inhabit that simultaneity, navigating histories both inherited and self-forged as the poet works to untangle the gnarled roots of race, love, violence, and family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTold through a Black feminist lens, the collection explores the ways we learn to survive what attempts to undo us, and how we come into our own power in the process. With a voice that is clear-eyed, assured, and deeply attentive\u003cem\u003e, The Body Losing Its Borders\u003c\/em\u003e charts the ongoing work of becoming: not despite the world's pressures, but through them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45118182522903,"sku":"9781967149995","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/71bXSTo2GQL._SL1500.jpg?v=1782075696","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/henderson-brown-zakia-the-body-lpb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}