{"product_id":"the-shining-material-9781897388792","title":"The Shining Material","description":"The Shining Material is about saying I. Disrupt, interrupt, challenge I? How boring. How violent. Better\/instead\/also cradle-interrogate I; to a steaming, exfoliating shining, hold I: the curve at the top of I, the curve at the base of I, the long shaft I oh I. Sigh: I, you get a lot of shit, so in The Shining Material, the poet speaks you meekly, hoarsely, disobediently: witness Aisha Sasha John braid self-portrature, ekphrasis, and her own brand of psalm to produce an experience much like falling down the stairs and it helping.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAISHA SASHA JOHN\u003c\/b\u003e is a dance improviser and poet. She was born in Montreal, but spent most of her childhood in Vancouver, and currently lives in Toronto. John has a BA in African Studies and Semiotics from the University of Toronto and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Book*hug Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50922261905682,"sku":"9781897388792","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1f8b75d9-5950-4f22-8766-7094daef60f0.jpg?v=1738927017","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-shining-material-9781897388792","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}