{"product_id":"9781771964852","title":"The Affirmations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the 2023 J.M. Abraham Atlantic Poetry Award • Winner of the 2021 Confederation Poets Prize • One of \u003cem\u003eThe Times'\u003c\/em\u003e Best Poetry Books of 2022 • A CBC Best Poetry Book of 2022 • Nominated for the 2023 ReLit Award for Poetry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"...a trans-mystical work of love and change...\"—Ali Blythe, author of \u003cem\u003eHymnswitch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe mystics who coined the phrase ‘the way of affirmation’ understood the apocalyptic nature of the word yes, the way it can lead out of one life and into another. Moving among the languages of Christian conversion, Classical metamorphosis, seasonal transformation, and gender transition, Luke Hathaway tells the story of the love that rewired his being, asking each of us to experience the transfiguration that can follow upon saying \u003cem\u003eyes\u003c\/em\u003e—with all one’s heart, with all one’s soul, with all one’s mind, with all one’s strength ... and with all one’s body, too.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Luke Hathaway (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":43328464846915,"sku":"9781771964852","price":19.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/3523\/2323\/files\/BNCImageAPI_2fa0b38b-77a2-4ba1-89e1-1fff5cdcd60f.jpg?v=1780147614","url":"https:\/\/thebookshop613.ca\/products\/9781771964852","provider":"The Bookshop 613","version":"1.0","type":"link"}