{"product_id":"neagle-dorothy-imagine-a-pb","title":"Neagle, Dorothy: Imagine a Woman","description":"\u003cp\u003eGnashing Teeth Publishing, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: June 7, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStories have the power to free us, or to hold us captive.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eImagine a Woman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a book about both, and how the retelling of stories we inherit can open a pathway between fear and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003emake from the signature of \/ your mouth sewed shut \/ some threads to pull your throat \/ onto the page\u003c\/em\u003e.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrganized around four feminine archetypes-the Virgin, the Mother, the Prophet, and the Whore-these poems offer a multi-storied perspective on the many ways a woman is defined, and how femininity is shaped by histories ancient and new. Through '\u003cem\u003ebotanical fragments of memory: \/ broken strands of frogs' eggs and frayed sleeves of \/ pond reeds, skipping \/ stones spidered with oxygenated holes, eroded \/ arrowheads of mussel \/ shells, and swollen bags of concrete, '\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eNeagle carries us from girlhood to motherhood, through the death of her own mother, and back to a life beyond the destructive stories of what a woman is and isn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eI wear something under my skin \/ that doesn't sleep, when I go out \/ at night it comes with me.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection offers new ways to devote ourselves to the myths, nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and playground songs that captivate our memories and inspire our futures, igniting a sharp and stirring transformation from being silenced to learning how to speak.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45630361468951,"sku":"9781966075165","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/71dAeLje74L._SL1360.jpg?v=1790281925","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/neagle-dorothy-imagine-a-pb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}