{"product_id":"straight-jacket-9781635349979","title":"Straight Jacket","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe poems of \u003cem\u003eStraight Jacket\u003c\/em\u003e gather bravely at the intersection between LGBTQ identity and the politics of illness, and speak to the consequences of homophobia and social injustice. The book takes readers into the horrors of being committed into a mental hospital and does fierce linguistic battle with stigma, offering witness to failures within the mental health system and demonstrating expressions of the indomitable spirit's restlessness in times of helplessness and adversity. The collection chronicles in a personal way the oppressive experiences of dehumanization and institutionalization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMason, Jessica Lowell:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jessica Lowell Mason is a Ph.D. student and teaching assistant in the Global Gender and Sexuality Studies Department at the University at Buffalo. A writer, educator, and performer, Jessica has worked for Shakespeare in Delaware Park, Ujima Theatre Co., Just Buffalo Literary Center, the Jewish Repertory Theatre, and Prometheus Books. She has taught writing courses at Western Illinois University, Spoon River College, Carl Sandburg College, and Buffalo State College. Her scholarly interests center on women, literature, and madness. In 2014, Jessica was awarded the Gloria Anzaldúa Rhetorician Award by the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Some of her poems, articles, and reviews have been published by Sinister Wisdom, Lambda Literary, Gender Focus, The Comstock Review, Diverse Voices Quarterly, Lavender Review, Wilde Magazine, IthacaLit, The Feminist Wire, and Praeger. She is the co-founder of Madwomen in the Attic, a feminist mental health literacy organization in Buffalo, NY.","brand":"Finishing Line Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50434478735634,"sku":"9781635349979","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e2a5d274-e31c-45ec-9e61-49d3483b47e9.jpg?v=1729601896","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/straight-jacket-9781635349979","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}