{"product_id":"knot-body-by-eli-tareq-el-bechelany-lynch","title":"knot body by Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-quote\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI anticipate showing up today, fresh and clean, the energy of yesterday and tomorrow running through my pores, and yet—dismissed before the first step out of bed, so who knows how this will go.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBringing together poetry, essay, and letters to “lovers, friends and in-betweens,” Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch confronts the ways capitalism, fatphobia, ableism, transness, and racializations affect people with chronic pain, illness, and disability.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eknot  body\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexplores what it means to discover the limits of your body, and contends with what those limitations bring up in the world we live in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eknot body\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas shortlisted for the QWF First Book Prize. Their second collection of poetry,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/shop\/print-books\/the-good-arabs\/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Good Arabs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Metonymy Press), won the 2022 Grand Prix du Livre de Montréal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer living in Tio’tià:ke. Their book\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eknot body\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2020), published by Metatron Press, was shortlisted for the QWF Concordia University First Book Prize.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Good Arabs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2021), published by Metonymy Press, was the winner of the 2022 Grand Prix du livre de Montréal and received an Honorable Mention from the 2022 Arab American Book Awards for the George Ellenbogen Poetry Award. Their work has appeared in The Best Canadian Poetry 2018 anthology, GUTS, carte blanche, the Shade Journal, The New Quarterly, Arc Poetry Magazine, and elsewhere. They were longlisted for the CBC Poetry Prize in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Booktique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67888586588220,"sku":null,"price":17.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/4879\/8012\/files\/03_Knot-Body_book.webp?v=1793547798","url":"https:\/\/www.booktique.ca\/products\/knot-body-by-eli-tareq-el-bechelany-lynch","provider":"Booktique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}