{"product_id":"prelude-poems-9780822966883","title":"Prelude: Poems","description":"\u003ci\u003ePrelude \u003c\/i\u003edelineates the gay female experience through a poetic reconstruction of the girlhood of Catherine of Siena, a Catholic saint who lived in 1300s Italy and disobeyed her parents by refusing marriage to devote her life to God. Through a historical lens, Brynne Rebele-Henry examines the erasure of gay women's lives and offers a perspective of medieval queer girlhood while considering themes such as violence, desire, and the lesbian body.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrynne Rebele-Henry's \u003c\/b\u003epoetry collection, \u003ci\u003eAutobiography of a Wound\u003c\/i\u003e, won the AWP Donald Hall Poetry Prize, was one of \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e's Top Fall Poetry Picks for 2018, and was a finalist for the 2019 Publishing Triangle Audre Lorde Award. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eOrpheus Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, received the 2021 Young Adult Virginia Author Award from the Richmond Public Library and was listed as one of the most anticipated YA novels by Barnes \u0026amp; Noble and \u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of a bilingual (English and Slovenian) chapbook, \u003ci\u003eVizije Se Začnejo Pri Sestih\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eVisions Begin at Six\u003c\/i\u003e), and is a 2021-2022 Fulbright Scholar at the Institute of Anthropological and Spatial Studies, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50862354104594,"sku":"9780822966883","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bb1e4211-f491-4d39-bcdb-64abcc8c8281.jpg?v=1737621380","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/prelude-poems-9780822966883","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}