{"product_id":"god-had-a-body-poems","title":"God Had a Body","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mind and the body. The heavens and earth. God and animal. The speaker in \u003ci\u003eGod had a body\u003c\/i\u003e considers how the image of a higher power is presented to her, beginning with a Catholic upbringing in Kentucky. Speckled with stars and peopled with creatures, these poems employ a trinity of sequences that address a present, past, and possible future—from a troubled reckoning with belief to loss and promise still ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this debut collection from Jennie Malboeuf, we observe undercurrents of violence and power, the dynamics of memory, gender, marriage, and miscarriage. At times, God is brutal. At times, delicate. Through true stories of animal savagery, \u003ci\u003eGod had a body\u003c\/i\u003e unravels human behavior and undoes the opaque and cryptic mysteries of faith.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32145108500563,"sku":"","price":15.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780253047243__677e0e2ced061.jpg?v=1741135857","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/god-had-a-body-poems","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}