{"product_id":"seven-skirts-9781734496512","title":"Seven Skirts","description":"\u003cp\u003eADVANCE WORDS: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn one of the poems of this aptly titled \u003cem\u003eSeven Skirts\u003c\/em\u003e poetry collection by Jacki Rigoni, I come across a beautiful word: \u003cem\u003ehandwork\u003c\/em\u003e. It applies to the domestic work of women, from birthing and mothering children to sewing and mending clothes and offering solidarity to each other. It also relates to the work of stitching, through language, a life back together again after rupture. One of the narrative threads has to do with a story of divorce and custody, but it is worn lightly in this collection. The poems that stand out more brightly against this backdrop are those that celebrate women breaking silence after abuse, reclaiming their history, helping each other, learning to let go. The speaker in these poems considers how in the delicate balance of things, it is often the banal and mundane that rescue us: the ordinary ritual of making breakfast, learning to inhabit the space behind the \"rented window \/ ...to amaze at grace, again.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e Luisa A. Igloria\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eMaps for Migrants and Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e (2020), Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia 2020-22\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this powerful debut collection, Jacki Rigoni navigates the topic of domestic violence with honesty and bravery. Survival, mending, and how \"we bend again toward light,\" compels these profound poems that emerge from \"a marriage decomposed \/ with the oak leaves.\" What is balm for such loss and disillusionment? Children, mothers, gardenias, and the speaker's own will of a salmon who moves \"herself upstream against every force.\" Ultimately, \u003cem\u003eSeven Skirts\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection rooted in healing. This is a necessary and stunning book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTayve Neese\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eBlood to Fruit\u003c\/em\u003e, Co-founder of \u003cem\u003eTrio House Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJacki Rigoni \u003c\/strong\u003elives with her three children in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she serves as Poet Laureate of Belmont, California. She has a master's degree in English from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a credentialed teacher. A finalist for the 2018 Francine Ringold Awards for New Writers, her poems appear in \u003cem\u003eNimrod International Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMoon City Review\u003c\/em\u003e, anthologies, and permanent public art installations. Jacki writes on her site WomanUprising.com and facilitates courses for women at WomanU.com. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-14286815\"\u003eJacki Rigoni\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Paloma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.15d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781734496512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1734496517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE024000\"\u003eWomen Authors\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005010\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paloma Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44451115368685,"sku":"9781734496512","price":21.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_0d5a42bd-972a-46fb-b2f1-a55f24655eb0.jpg?v=1700325268","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/seven-skirts-9781734496512","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}