{"product_id":"9781635902822","title":"SOULMATE AS A VERB","description":"\u003cb\u003ePoems of tender knowledge, buoyant survival, and Black, trans embodiment.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe simple yet fraught experience of embodiment lies at the thrumming heart of Kelsey L. Smoot’s \u003ci\u003eSoulmate as a Verb\u003c\/i\u003e. Bodies make love possible, they enable tender connection and transmit electric joy, all while leaving one vulnerable to discord and abuse, heartbreak and grief. Like a body, Smoot’s daring poetry metabolizes cruelty, seeking the tender knowledge and kinships that allow for buoyant survival. The subjectivity of a Black, trans self becomes a prism, shining a variegated intellect on everything from suburbia to Palestine, top surgery to police violence. By utilizing forms such as kwansaba, calligram, Craigslist personals, and golden shovels, \u003ci\u003eSoulmate as a Verb\u003c\/i\u003e revels in structures that locate poet and poem in a lineage of innovative and contemporary Black, queer verse. Kelsey L. Smoot dazzles.","brand":"Kelsey L. Smoot","offers":[{"title":"MIT Press |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2026-02-24","offer_id":47340771639551,"sku":"9781635902822","price":22.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_05d8f54d-c166-4175-9611-ee0ac1b616ab.jpg?v=1760025473","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781635902822","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}