{"product_id":"bittering-the-wound-paperback","title":"Bittering the Wound - 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\u003eJacqui Germain\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBittering the Wound by Jacqui Germain, selected by Douglas Kearney as the winner of the 2021 CAAP Book Prize is a firsthand account of the 2014 Ferguson uprising that challenges how we document and report on political unrest.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart documentation, part conjuring, this debut collection works to share the narrative of the event with more complexity, audacity, care, and specificity than public media accounts typically allow. Throughout the book, Germain also grapples with navigating the impacts of sustained protest-related trauma on mental health as it relates to activism and organizing. The book also takes occasional aim at the media that sensationalized these scenes into a spectacle and at the faceless public that witnessed them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBittering the Wound\u003c\/i\u003e challenges the way we discuss, write about, and document political unrest. It offers fresh language and perspective on a historic period that reverberated around the world. Germain takes the reader through poems that depict a range of scenes--from mid-protest to post-protest--and personifies St. Louis with a keen and loving eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacqui Germain\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, journalist, and former labor and student organizer living and working in St. Louis, Missouri. Germain has received fellowships from the St. Louis Regional Arts Commission, Jack Jones Literary Arts, Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop, and the Poetry Foundation's Emerging Poets Incubator. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eBittering the Wound\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2024 Kate Tufts Discovery Prize, and the chapbook, \u003ci\u003eWhen the Ghosts Come Ashore\u003c\/i\u003e. As a journalist, she has published original reporting, political commentary, and feature profiles in \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVICE\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. Most recently, Germain was selected to be the 2021-2022 Economic Security Project Fellow at \u003ci\u003eTeen Vogue\u003c\/i\u003e, covering issues of class and economic inequality at the intersections of race and gender.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.7 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50332643066093,"sku":"9781637680568","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/oqz8kYXQkf9781637680568.webp?v=1784966124","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/bittering-the-wound-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}