{"product_id":"9780809330645","title":"Heavenly Bodies","description":"National Book Award Finalist 2012\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this blistering collection of lyric poems, Cynthia Huntington gives an intimate view of the sexual revolution and rebellion in a time before the rise of feminism. \u003ci\u003eHeavenly Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e is a testament to the duality of sex, the twin seductiveness and horror of drug addiction, and the social, political, and personal dramas of America in the 1960s.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From the sweetness of purloined blackberries to the bitter taste of pills, the ginger perfume of the Hawaiian Islands to the scream of the winter wind, Huntington’s fearless and candid poems offer a feast for the senses that is at once mystical and earthy, cynical and surreal. Echoing throughout are some of the most famous—and infamous—voices of the times: Joan Baez and Charles Manson, Frank Zappa and Betty Friedan. Jinns and aliens beckon while cities burn and revolutionaries thunder for change. At the center is the semiautobiographical Suzy Creamcheese, sensual and rebellious, both almighty and powerless in her sexuality. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Achingly tender yet brutally honest, \u003ci\u003eHeavenly Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e is an unflinching reflection on the most personal of physical and emotional journeys.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eUniveristy Press Books for Public and Secondary Schools\u003c\/i\u003e 2013 edition\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Finalist for the \u003ci\u003eNational Book Award\u003c\/i\u003e in Poetry, 2012\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Southern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119061614832,"sku":"9780809330645","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780809330645_p0.jpg?v=1763745644","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780809330645","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}