{"product_id":"girls-that-never-die-poems","title":"Girls That Never Die: Poems","description":"NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Intimate poems that explore feminine shame and violence and imagine what liberation from these threats might look like, from the award-winning author of The January Children\n\n“Incredibly moving . . . Every single poem is stellar.”—Roxane Gay, author of Difficult Women and Hunger\n\nIn Girls That Never Die, award-winning poet Safia Elhillo reinvents the epic to explore Muslim girlhood and shame, the dangers of being a woman, and the myriad violences enacted and imagined against women’s bodies. Drawing from her own life and family histories, as well as cultural myths and news stories about honor killings and genital mutilation, she interlaces the everyday traumas of growing up a girl under patriarchy with magical realist imaginings of rebellion, autonomy, and power.\n\nElhillo writes a new world: women escape their stonings by birds that carry the rocks away; slain girls grow into two, like the hydra of lore, sprouting too numerous to ever be eradicated; circles of women are deemed holy, protected. Ultimately, Girls That Never Die is about wrestling ourselves from the threats of violence that constrain our lives, and instead looking to freedom and questioning:\n\n[what if i will not die]\n\n[what will govern me then]\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0593229487\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0593229487.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Elhillo, Safia\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41566859165754,"sku":"DBV.0593229487.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0593229487-0.jpg?v=1785384924","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/girls-that-never-die-poems","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}