{"product_id":"lifting-belly-isbn-9781640093430","title":"Lifting Belly","description":"\u003cb\u003eFragmentary, unabashed, erotic―“Lifting Belly” is a singular lesbian love poem from modernist Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) which lays bare desire and easy intimacy—now in a beautifully packaged edition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is it when it’s upset. It isn’t in the room. Moonlight and darkness. Sleep and not sleep. We sleep every night.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat was it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI said lifting belly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou didn’t say it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI said I mean lifting belly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDon’t misunderstand me.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDo you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDo you lift everybody in that way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou are to say No.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLifting belly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow are you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLifting belly how are you lifting belly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe like a fire and we don’t mind if it smokes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDo you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e―From “Lifting Belly”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEach palm–size book in the Counterpoints series is meant to stay with you, whether safely in your pocket or long after you turn the last page. From short stories to essays to poems, these little books celebrate our most–beloved writers, whose work encapsulates the spirit of Counterpoint Press: cutting–edge, wide–ranging, and independent.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eLifting Belly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Often considered the central erotic work of Stein's middle period, this love poem written to her longtime companion, Alice B. Toklas, reveals a vulnerability and tenderness unexpected of one so famous for caustic wit. Associative in structure, the work consists of alternately cryptic and conversational fragments detailing a shared domestic life. A very brief initial section observes the hardships of gay estrangement from society, while the body of the work applauds the decision to endure these for love's sake. Readers will welcome an unusual view of Stein in this . . . work in which \"lifting belly\"—signifying sexual union—comes to imply passionate commitment to another and acceptance of oneself.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eGertrude Stein\u003c\/b\u003e (1874–1946) was an American Jewish writer, poet, and art collector who spent most of her life in France. Her body of work include \u003ci\u003eThree Lives\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTender Buttons\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Making of Americans\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas\u003c\/i\u003e. Not only was she an innovator in literature and a supporter of modern poetry and art, she was the friend and mentor of those who visited her at her now–famous home: Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Jean Cocteau, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sherwood Anderson, and Guillaume Apollinaire.","brand":"Counterpoint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304599965925,"sku":"NP9781640093430","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781640093430.jpg?v=1767731456","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/lifting-belly-isbn-9781640093430","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}