{"product_id":"we-come-elemental-paperback","title":"We Come Elemental - 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\u003eTamiko Beyer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In her lovely, complicated poems, Beyer . . . suggests that queerness isn't relegated to gender or love but is part of the ebb and flow of everything.\" --\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What is remarkable about \u003ci\u003eWe Come Elemental\u003c\/i\u003e is that it effectively queers nature and body without explicitly doing so.... Gender, sexuality, and body coexist with the ever-changing tides, and desire is upheld as a pure form of (re)creation. Beyer has written a nuanced book that deserves a careful, joyous, and thoughtful read.\" --Lambda Literary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough \"queer:: eco:: poetics,\" Tamiko Beyer leads readers to reconsider the true meaning and implications of nature and \"natural\" order. Reclaiming nature as queer, Beyer inspires us to discard gender dichotomies and uncover the intricate relationships between bodies both human and elemental through syntax as unpredictable as the natural world's movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"Look Alive, Dark Side\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeach walking we\u003cbr\u003ewho siphon the wet\u003cbr\u003estep around dumb\u003cbr\u003elumps gleaming\u003cbr\u003ein moonlight's pull: \u003cbr\u003ecreatures the tide\u003cbr\u003eabandons to the shore.\u003cbr\u003eWe are not at all like them.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTamiko Beyer\u003c\/b\u003e spent the first ten years of her life in Tokyo, Japan. She is the author of the chapbook \u003ci\u003ebough breaks\u003c\/i\u003e (Meritage Press). She received her MFA from Washington University in St. Louis and was awarded a Chancellor's Fellowship. Beyer is a former Kundiman Fellow, a recipient of a grant from the Astraea Lesbian Writers Fund, and a contributing editor to \u003ci\u003eDrunken Boat\u003c\/i\u003e. She works as the advocacy writer at Corporate Accountability International.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Tamiko Beyer spent the first ten years of her life in Tokyo, Japan. She is the author of the chapbook \u003ci\u003ebough breaks\u003c\/i\u003e (Meritage Press). She received her M.F.A. from Washington University in St. Louis and was awarded a Chancellor's Fellowship. Beyer is a former Kundiman Fellow, a recipient of a grant from the Astraea Lesbian Writers Fund, and a contributing editor to \u003ci\u003eDrunken Boat\u003c\/i\u003e. She works as the Advocacy Writer at Corporate Accountability International.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.4 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 21, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lambda Literary Awards (2014)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353513181433,"sku":"9781938584008","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/1VVOs41kYP9781938584008.webp?v=1769825051","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/we-come-elemental-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}