{"product_id":"i-hope-this-helps-9781643622729","title":"I Hope This Helps","description":"\u003cblockquote type=\"cite\"\u003e\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"im\"\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eBending genre as a planetary body might bend spacetime, Bashir’s poems live as music and film, as memoir, observation, and critique, as movement across both cosmic and poetic fields.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Hope This Helps \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereflects on the excruciating metamorphosis of an artist, “a twinkle-textured disco-ball Jenga set” constrained and shaped by the limits of our reality: time, money, work, not to mention compounding global crises. Think of a river constrained by levees, a bonsai clipped and bent, a human body bursting through shapewear. Begging the question, what can it mean to thrive in the world as it is, Bashir says, “Rats thrive in sewers so \/ maybe I'm thriving.” In these moving, sometimes harrowing meditations, Bashir reveals her vulnerable inner life, how she has built herself brick by brick into an artist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Samiya Bashir","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42963970359414,"sku":"9781643622729","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_720c9465-183f-4479-8f64-3d6752bd56a6.jpg?v=1767874839","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/i-hope-this-helps-9781643622729","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}