{"product_id":"whatever-you-thought-think-again","title":"Whatever You Thought, Think Again","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #6495ed;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #6495ed;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eA collection of poetry that redefines the poetry landscape.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #6495ed;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #6495ed;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePlaying with space and creative form, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWhatever You Thought, Think Again\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e illustrates a creative agility that showcases the depth of Jo Freehand’s talent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #6495ed;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #6495ed;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“... how could I not\u003cbr\u003ewalk into the outstretched arms\u003cbr\u003eof that big bosom of a mother drum\u003cbr\u003einviting me to rest my head on her smooth,\u003cbr\u003ewarmed, pulsating flesh.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e-from “Walking Toward Djembe”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #6495ed;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #6495ed;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePassion and desire are welcome companions as Jo Freehand honors her queer identity through the celebration of the sacred life. With Jo Freehand as our fairytale guide, we are taken on a journey through the hidden forests of trauma, PTSD, and isolation and reach the other side to find beauty and longing. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a minimalist poet, Jo Freehand plays with different structures - there are long-form poems, confessions, dreamscapes, a Tripadvisor post, and an application for the International Fairytale Princess Society. This mix of poems embodies a memory of healing and survival, reminding us to face our present - monsters and all.\u003cem\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #6495ed;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #6495ed;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eWhatever You Thought, Think Again\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe last word in Jo Freehand’s astonishing new book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhatever You Thought, Think Again\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, is the imperative \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. She sends us out on a magic carpet to face the world as she has encountered it in poems that are not afraid to open any door to any castle, to face down any ogre. In the company of Grandmom Alcorn, Julie Andrews, Gretel, Goldilocks, and Red Riding Hood and a poet brave enough to find humor and hope in our human condition, we dare to question what we took for granted, to wrestle meaning from trauma, and to celebrate this rollicking and rewarding ride language takes us on.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~Christopher Bursk, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eImprobable Swervings of Atoms\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Read Furiously","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46559250972900,"sku":"WYTTA","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/0524\/2852\/files\/result-dgBu2y8sjrMgYJRRP-afmrVdw80US1HioN.jpg?v=1754191447","url":"https:\/\/www.mwbwapparelandmore.com\/products\/whatever-you-thought-think-again","provider":"MWBW Apparel and More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}