{"product_id":"the-distaff-side-9781848618060","title":"The Distaff Side","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Needlework, as this brilliant book makes plain, has been trivialized and dismissed as mere \"women's work.\" The poems here, however, present the powerful counterpoint that work with the needle, from the flame-stitch to embroidery, is both a skill and a foundation for female artistic expression. It is a hands-on art, passed from woman to woman through the generations. Such passage also entails the vital connections to selfhood, history, meaning, and wisdom. This is a book that syllable by syllable as if stitch by stitch, creates patterns that exceed the confines of artistic form by reclaiming form and redefining it, with a total effect that is affirming and transcendent. What a joy it is to inhabit this world in which the needle and the pen share the labors of love. After all, love is a most subversive expression. This book is proof.\" -Maurice Manning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Shearsman Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50497717141778,"sku":"9781848618060","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_68b3bff5-40a4-45a3-b49f-832abd39632e.jpg?v=1730718007","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-distaff-side-9781848618060","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}