{"product_id":"the-gospel-of-breaking-9781551527970","title":"The Gospel of Breaking","description":"In \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel of Breaking\u003c\/i\u003e, Jillian Christmas confirms what followers of her performance and artistic curation have long known: there is magic in her words. Befitting someone who \"speaks things into being,\" Christmas extracts from family history, queer lineage, and the political landscape of a racialized life to create a rich, softly defiant collection of poems. \u003cbr\u003e Christmas draws a circle around the things she calls \"holy\" the family line that cannot find its root but survived to fill the skies with radiant flesh; the body, broken and unbroken and broken and new again; the lover lost, the friend lost, and the loss itself; and the hands that hold them all with brilliant, tender care. Expansive and beautiful, these poems allow readers to swim in Jillian Christmas's mother-tongue and to dream at her shores.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJillian Christmas is the former Artistic Director of Vancouver's Verses Festival of Words. An educator, organizer, and advocate in the arts community, utilizing an anti-oppressive lens, Jillian has performed and facilitated workshops across North America.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arsenal Pulp Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50473773203730,"sku":"9781551527970","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_94cddcbd-7278-461a-8368-11f6af91f8f4.jpg?v=1730202027","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-gospel-of-breaking-9781551527970","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}