{"product_id":"the-berry-takes-the-shape-of-the-bloom-paperback","title":"The Berry Takes the Shape of the Bloom - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrea Bennett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe berry takes the shape of the bloom\u003c\/em\u003e originated as a gesture towards optimism after loss and pain, difficulty and fear. It began as a linear narrative, offering a window into one trans person's life after they felt contented and secure. But in the end these poems, which capture particular moments in time, may recur in any given present: sometimes what surfaces is anxiety or anger, sometimes love or eagerness. Some poems bear witness; others hold grudges or shake free of them. Together, they entwine around enmeshed experiences of gender, family, trans pregnancy, abuse, fear, and becoming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore blueberries grow, they grow a bloom that looks like a proto berry. The berry then takes the shape of the bloom that came before it. The berry displaces the bloom that came before it ... My mother bloomed and then I was a wave or a skateboard or a foraging deer. My mother bloomed and I did not displace her in the right way. Did I berry?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eandrea bennett\u003c\/strong\u003e is a nonbinary National Magazine Award-winning writer, editor, and illustrator who lives in Ayjoo mixw (Powell River), BC. Their first book of essays, \u003cem\u003eLike a Boy but Not a Boy: Navigating Life, Mental Health, and Parenthood outside the Gender Binary\u003c\/em\u003e (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2020), was a CBC Books' pick for the top Canadian non-fiction of the year. Their first book of poetry, \u003cem\u003eCanoodlers\u003c\/em\u003e, was published by Nightwood in 2014. andrea's poetry and non-fiction has been widely published in magazines and newspapers such as the \u003cem\u003eWalrus\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHazlitt\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMaisonneuve\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eTyee\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eReader's Digest\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVice\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGeist\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCV2\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGrain\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eFiddlehead\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eMalahat Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eArc\u003c\/em\u003e. With Kim Fu they co-host \u003cem\u003eThe Rough Puffs\u003c\/em\u003e, a \u003cem\u003eGreat British Bake Off\u003c\/em\u003e rewatch podcast now entering its third season.\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 0.3 x 7.8 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765550252320,"sku":"9781772015515","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/048d2d27935ee9f7ee5f332dfff2b090.webp?v=1780273494","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-berry-takes-the-shape-of-the-bloom-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}