{"product_id":"a-slice-from-the-cake-made-of-air-9781597093415","title":"A Slice from the Cake Made of Air","description":"\u003ci\u003ea slice from the cake made of air\u003c\/i\u003e processes the physical and mental trauma of abortion coupled with the desires for sexual and emotional love against a backdrop of contemporary culture--with all the sexualization that comes with race, gender, and landscape. From front to back the book is wound through with a single poem whose language is permuted, translated, and retranslated (from English to English) as it cycles around abortion, both asking \"what artifact \/ do I resemble\" and stating \"small love \/ small \/ you failed it \/ in person.\" The poems directly confront the sexual self (\"This isn't a real orgasm, a real patellar fatigue\") and take up the thesis abstract as a malleable form for interrogating the inevitable intersections and overlaps of brains and bodies. Sexy and volatile, a slice from the cake made of air winds over and through itself, with no conclusions or solutions for the mess of living in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLillian-Yvonne Bertram is a 2014 recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Poetry Fellowship. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eBut a Storm is Blowing From Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e, was selected by Claudia Rankine as the 2010 Benjamin Saltman Award winner and published by Red Hen Press in 2012. Her chapbook, \u003ci\u003ecutthroat glamours\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Phantom Books in 2013. Her works have appeared in \u003ci\u003eBlack Warrior Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Callaloo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Cream City Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Court Green\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e DIAGRAM\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Gulf Coast\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Harvard Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Indiana Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e jubilat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Mid-American Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Narrative Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e OH NO\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Saltfront\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Subtropics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Sou'wester\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Tupelo Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. She holds a PhD in creative writing from the University of Utah.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Red Hen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492969845010,"sku":"9781597093415","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4964449a-48d8-4405-b31d-73c8c0011aa6.jpg?v=1730618356","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-slice-from-the-cake-made-of-air-9781597093415","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}