{"product_id":"if-the-girl-never-learns-poems-paperback","title":"If the Girl Never Learns: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSue William Silverman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou are The Girl, and The Girl is a Badass.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the opening lines, it's clear The Girl at the center of these poems is damaged--which is another way to say she's a survivor.\u003cem\u003e If the Girl Never Learns\u003c\/em\u003e moves from the personal to the mythic to the apocalyptic, because The Girl would do anything, even go to hell, to save her soul. So, she resists, takes action to overturn society's suffocating ideal of Good Girldom. The poems' sense of breathlessness reflects The Girl's absolute need to control her own destiny, to outrun her past, while at the same time chasing a future she alone has envisioned and embodied. Because The Girl is, above all else, a badass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749626380576,"sku":"9781941799642","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/21887b2812c513abf7fa39712a097c1f.webp?v=1779935241","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/if-the-girl-never-learns-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}