{"product_id":"saint-consequence-paperback-2","title":"Saint Consequence - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael M. Weinstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael M. Weinstein's debut poetry collection, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSaint Consequence\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003emeditates on the body as a site of continuous change--both painful and beautiful, elected and imposed--to explore the often tangled journeys of physical and spiritual transformation. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to inhabit a body--and for that body to inhabit our shared world, in all its complexity? \u003cem\u003eSaint Consequence \u003c\/em\u003eattempts to mine the gap between a life seen from the outside and the realities of a life lived. Influenced by time spent living in Siberia, Weinstein draws on experiences spanning gender transition, chronic illness, and disability to explore the tensions between public perception and private truth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEver wary of the temptation \"to make a career of pain,\" (Adrienne Rich), these poems instead weave together personal experience and cross-cultural perspectives to invite us to reimagine our place in the world with greater nuance and compassion. Equally a personal reckoning and universal meditation on the complexities of identity, \u003cem\u003eSaint Consequence \u003c\/em\u003eexpands from an examination of one man's singular experience of embodiment into a broader contemplation of the endless particularities of lives other than our own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMICHAEL M. WEINSTEIN\u003c\/strong\u003e is a transgender, crip poet, scholar, essayist, and photographer. His writing has appeared in venues such as \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and Poets.org.\u003c\/em\u003e A former MFA candidate and Zell Postgraduate Fellow at the University of Michigan, he holds a Ph.D. in English Literature from Harvard and formerly served as a Fulbright scholar in Siberia. He is a Visiting Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at Earlham College. He lives in Richmond, IN.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.8 x 6.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47354033340665,"sku":"9781949944747","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/GQEjmJu1Ob9781949944747_6acb83c9-14c4-45f1-9b20-dfca374f5b8c.webp?v=1769829008","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/saint-consequence-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}