{"product_id":"resistance-righteous-rage-in-the-age-of-metoo-paperback","title":"Resistance: Righteous Rage in the Age of #Metoo - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSue Goyette\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWriters across the globe speak out against sexual assault and abuse in this powerful new poetry anthology, edited by Sue Goyette\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These collected poems from writers across the globe declare one common theme: resistance. By exploring sexual assault and violence in their work, each writer resists the patriarchal systems of power that continue to support a misogynist justice system that supports abusers. In doing so, they reclaim their power and their voice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Created as a response to the Jian Ghomeshi case, writers including Joan Crate, Ashley-Elizabeth Best, and Beth Goobie are, as editor Sue Goyette explains, a \"multitude, resisting.\" The collection could not be more timely. The work adds a new layer to the ever-growing #MeToo movement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eResistance \u003c\/i\u003eunderscores the validity of all women's experiences, and the importance of dignifying such experiences in voice, however that may sound. Because once survivors speak out and disrupt their pain, there is no telling what else they can do.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSue Goyette is the award-winning author of six books of poems and a novel. Now Halifax's eighth poet laureate, she was nominated for the 2014 Griffin Poetry Prize and the Governor General's Award for her collection \u003ci\u003eOcean\u003c\/i\u003e, which won several other prizes, including the CBC Literary Prize for Poetry, the Bliss Carman, the Earle Birney, the Pat Lowther, and the 2015 Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia Masterworks Arts Award. She lives in Halifax and teaches in the Creative Writing Program at Dalhousie University.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 22, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45610816372780,"sku":"9780889778016","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/resistance-righteous-rage-in-the-age-of-metoo-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}