{"product_id":"book-j6d5","title":"God in Her Ruffled Dress","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGod in Her Ruffled Dress,\u003c\/em\u003e written and narrated by poet and singer-songwriter Lisa B (Lisa Bernstein), explores the human\/divine interface: body\/spirit, temporal\/eternal, illness\/wellness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an original musical background and bookended by two poem-prayers, it has four sections: \"Return to the Body\" (on the author's type 1 diabetes, Biblical scripture, and spiritual transformation); \"Drum the Beginning of the World\" (jazz masters, the power of singing); \"Sever the Head\" (pandemic politics); and \"Propagate\" (a female perspective on love, sensuality, birth, and death).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was published in paperback by What Books Press. Poems appeared in The Kenyon Review, Ploughshares, Poetry International, Lilith, anthologies on cars and Greek mythology, and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A book of deep seeing…intense listening… a series of divine pleasures\" - D.A. Powell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Stunning…weaves together body, spirituality, politics, and the world we live in…will stir your mind and bring you into beauty\" - Kelli Russell Agodon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Bears écriture feminine into the 21st century with grace, wit, and incredible technical dexterity\" - Kristina Marie Darling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Strange, musical, funny, sexy…exploring shifting definitions of the divine while staying grounded in the body, its strengths and illness and need, its miraculous desires…a deeply spiritual, feminist celebration in verse\" - Girl Trouble\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A multifaceted collection that challenges the reader's…understanding of topics from gender to eroticism… powerful physicality associated with the divine that is seldom approached so boldly…delicate sensuality and eroticism…A marvelous read!\" - Full House Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Her experience of living with type 1 diabetes…convey[s] the intimate edge between life and death…Read this as a reminder…to release old ghosts…imagine and name the mysterious…life force that some call God\" - Harbor Review\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49401643991344,"sku":"BDj6d5","price":3.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/j6d5-Square-cover.jpg?v=1781338143","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-j6d5","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}