{"product_id":"redwork-9781637681244","title":"Redwork","description":"\u003cb\u003eLaurie Ann Guerrero's expansive fifth poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eREDWORK\u003c\/i\u003e, is a meditation on a woman's role in work and family, ancestral wisdom, and the subversive nature of female art.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInterwoven with eight images of the author's intricate redwork embroidery--striking red thread on light textiles--these poems explore reproductive justice, violence, gender dynamics, internalized sexism, and mothers and mothering, bound by the belief that \"a red thread ties me, like a vein, to all my mothers.\" From a paradigm-shifting slap at a Brownies troop meeting to eating a rattlesnake to a great-grandmother rising from her coffin, Guerrero's precise, visceral voice threads the imagery of embroidery through unexpected forms. Rhythmic stitches echo in her repetitions, leaving phrases that stay with the reader: \"How quietly our trust began.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eREDWORK\u003c\/i\u003e is a love letter to the women who came before, a cry against gendered violence, and a celebration of the quiet revolutions of women around the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-18410066\"\u003eLaurie Ann Guerrero\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Autumn House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781637681244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1637681240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005070\"\u003eHispanic \u0026amp; Latino\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE024000\"\u003eWomen Authors\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE023050\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | Family\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoet, essayist, and visual artist, \u003cb\u003eLaurie Ann Guerrero\u003c\/b\u003e was born and raised in the Southside of San Antonio. Poet Laureate of San Antonio (2014-16) and Texas (2016-2017), her collections include \u003ci\u003eBabies under the Skin\u003c\/i\u003e (Panhandler, 2008), \u003ci\u003eA Tongue in the Mouth of the Dying\u003c\/i\u003e (University of Notre Dame Press, 2013), \u003ci\u003e A Crown for Gumecindo\u003c\/i\u003e--a collaboration with visual artist, Maceo Montoya (Aztlan Libre Press, 2015), and \u003ci\u003eI Have Eaten the Rattlesnake: New \u0026amp; Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (TCU Press, 2021). Guerrero holds degrees from Smith College and Drew University. She is an Associate Professor and the Writer-in-Residence at Texas A\u0026amp;M University-San Antonio.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Autumn House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50533262327983,"sku":"9781637681244","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/9781637681244.jpg?v=1790360144","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/products\/redwork-9781637681244","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}