{"product_id":"resting-bitch-face-poems-taylor-byas-paperback","title":"Resting Bitch Face: Poems -- Taylor Byas, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn Audacious Book Club Pick \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author of the award-winning national bestseller \u003ci\u003eI Done Clicked My Heels Three Times\u003c\/i\u003e returns with a new poetry collection that transforms the Black female speaker from object, artistic muse, and victim, to subject, critic, and master of her story \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eResting Bitch Face\u003c\/i\u003e is a book for women, for Black women, for lovers of art and film criticism, and for writers interested in work that finds a middle ground between poetry and prose. Taylor Byas uses some of our most common ways of \"watching\" throughout history (painting, films, sculpture, and photographs) to explore how these mediums shape Black female subjectivity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the examination of artwork by Picasso, Gauguin, Sally Mann, and Nan Goldin, Byas displays her mastery of the poetic form by engaging in intimate and inventive writing. Fluctuating between watcher and watched, the speaker of these poems uses mirrors and reflections to flip the script and talk back to histories of art, text, photography, relationships, and men. From Polaroids to gesso primer to sculpture, Byas creates a world in which the artist calls out and the muse responds. For not only does she enter the world of the long-revered classic artist, but she also infuses her poems with such iconic pop-culture works as \u003ci\u003eThe Joker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWandaVision\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLast Tango in Paris\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUltimately, while watching lies at the crux of this collection's poetic concerns, the goal of the speaker is to query her own self, rendering these poems as invitations for readers to question their own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Taylor Byas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soft Skull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593767877\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTAYLOR BYAS \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning poet and a Black Chicago native currently living in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her poetry collection \u003ci\u003eI Done Clicked My Heels Three Times\u003c\/i\u003e won the Maya Angelou Book Award, the Ohioana Book Award, the CHIRBy Award, and the BCALA Best Poetry Honor.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor Byas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46673953521892,"sku":"9781593767877","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781593767877.jpg?v=1778586727","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/resting-bitch-face-poems-taylor-byas-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}