{"product_id":"plenitude-paperback","title":"Plenitude - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel Sarah Karasik\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA non-binary faun wishes their body had a variety of sex organs, interchangeable daily. A prison abolitionist scrutinizes Rothko paintings on the carceral state's boardroom walls. The insurrectionary tactics of mass social movements spread, like a secret handshake, from Chile to Hong Kong to Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShaped by Daniel Sarah Karasik's experience of grassroots social and political advocacy, these poems are an offering to those engaged in struggles for a better world--and an acknowledgement of the sometimes contradictory meanings of those struggles. How do individual erotic desires relate to collective desires for deliverance from alienation and exploitation? How might we dream of a more humane future, and work towards building it, without minimizing the challenges that stand in our way?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlenitude\u003c\/i\u003e cartwheels towards a world that might be: a world without cops or bosses, without prisons, without oppressive regulation of gender and desire. It is a song for the excluded and forgotten and those who struggle alongside them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel Sarah Karasik (they\/them) is the author of five previous books, including the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eHungry\u003c\/i\u003e and the short story collection \u003ci\u003eFaithful and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. Their work has been recognized with the Toronto Arts Foundation's Emerging Artist Award, the CBC Short Story Prize, and the Canadian Jewish Playwriting Award. They organize with the network Artists for Climate \u0026amp; Migrant Justice and Indigenous Sovereignty (ACMJIS), among other groups, and are the founding managing editor of \u003ci\u003eMidnight Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, a magazine of socialist strategy, analysis, and culture. They live in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.5 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767295508768,"sku":"9781771667357","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/960e15d6e8b716483e7b95f2bdad5e4e.webp?v=1780308498","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/plenitude-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}