{"product_id":"begin-by-telling-9781771666633","title":"Begin by Telling","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNever forget \/\u003cbr\u003e to connect the dots \/\u003cbr\u003e This book is an attempt to connect a couple.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eBegin by Telling\u003c\/i\u003e, experimental pop sensation Meg Remy (U.S. Girls) spins a web out from her body to myriad corners of American hyper-culture. Through illustrated lyric essays depicting visceral memories from early childhood to present day, Remy paints a stark portrait of a spectacle-driven country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs though channel surfing, we catch glimpses of Desert Storm, the Oklahoma City Bombing, random street violence, the petrochemical industry, small town Deadheads, a toilet with uterus lining in it, the county STD clinic, and missionaries at the front door. Each is shared through language of the body; the sensation of experiencing many of the defining events and moments of a country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImmersive and utterly compelling, the threads in \u003ci\u003eBegin by Telling\u003c\/i\u003e nimbly interweave with probing quotes and statistics, demonstrating the importance of personal storytelling, radical empathy, and the necessity of reflecting on society and one's self within that construct.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Begin By Telling explores the horrors and absurdity of being a \"girl\" in the mediated warscape of America. With sharp emotional intelligence, Remy reveals a cultural systemic rot that begins with family and fractals out into school, life, the media, the government, and history. Both hallucinogenic and lucid, this work is a radical interrogation of trauma, and a literary salve for the feminist psyche.\" -- Michelle Tea, author of Black Wave and Against Memoir: Complaints, Confessions and Criticisms\u003cbr\u003e\"Powerful and distinctive, Begin by Telling ripped through me with the velocity and weight of a freight train; it's roar drowning out the world around me. A beautiful and brutal work, that forces the reader forward, but is crafted to leave space to catch your breath.\" -- Tegan Quin from Tegan and Sara\u003cbr\u003e\"To recover and grow from trauma is a slow and long process. But Remy shows that there can be a path forward. One can listen to the knowledge of the body... And one can share such stories, with themselves and with otherscan begin, simply, \"by telling.\" Lily Nilipour, Stanford Daily","brand":"Book*hug","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49535423414615,"sku":"9781771666633","price":16.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781771666633.jpg?v=1731898098","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/begin-by-telling-9781771666633","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}