{"product_id":"from-the-belly-poets-respond-to-gertrude-steins-tender-buttons-v-ii-food-9781944585846","title":"From the Belly: Poets Respond to Gertrude Stein's Tender Buttons V. II Food","description":"\u003cp\u003ePoetry. Anthology. A fleet of 38 contemporary poets respond in poetry to the sections of Gertrude Stein's seminal work, \u003cem\u003eTender Buttons\u003c\/em\u003e. In volume 2 of this anthology series, these authors tackle the poems in \"Food,\" section 2 of \u003cem\u003eTender Buttons\u003c\/em\u003e, each entering a dialogue with Stein through a poem of their own, and also leaving space for the reader to do the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSays \u003cstrong\u003eDeborah M. Mix\u003c\/strong\u003e, co-editor of \u003cem\u003eApproaches to Teaching the Works of Gertrude Stein\u003c\/em\u003e: \"'Pace yourself. Brace yourself. Open your senses. Open your mind, ' editor Karren Alenier encourages readers in the introduction to this second volume of \u003cem\u003eFrom the Belly\u003c\/em\u003e, in which contemporary poets respond to Gertrude Stein's \u003cem\u003eTender Buttons\u003c\/em\u003e, this time writing in dialogue with the 'Food' section of Stein's volume. We read Stein's words-perplexing, astonishing, infuriating-alongside the poets' responses-challenging, surprising, illuminating. These 38 contemporary writers offer us new ways to understand Stein's work, but Stein's work also offers us fresh ways to think about these new poems.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbdul Ali\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eTrouble Sleeping, \u003c\/em\u003e adds, \"Pull up a chair and loosen your belt for this feast of a poetry collection where a mix of seasoned contemporary poets stir Gertrude Stein's poems and pans of roast beef, chicken, and a motley of vegetables (tender, of course!). \u003cem\u003eFrom the Belly\u003c\/em\u003e takes its inspiration from seminal poet Gertrude Stein who turns our attention to language, surprising associations, food, and yes, biting commentary about all that makes us human.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Word Works","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50870844424466,"sku":"9781944585846","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8a1d7c04-0380-44cc-b2c8-4c5f85135870.jpg?v=1737816428","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/from-the-belly-poets-respond-to-gertrude-steins-tender-buttons-v-ii-food-9781944585846","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}