{"product_id":"tears-bra-and-all","title":"Tears, Bra, and All by Annastacia Stegall (PREORDER)","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 198, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*This is a preorder and will not ship until early September 2026.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA memoir spanning lyric essay, childhood games, assemblage, and traditional poetic form, \u003cem\u003eTears, Bra, and All\u003c\/em\u003e tells a story of refashioning. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow is memory a material? Can something deemed trash be meaningful and made anew?  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book opens with a stalking. The constant rattle of a doorknob haunts Annastacia as she tries to move on after her university’s failure — and refusal — to protect her. Stegall reconfigures this memory, its aftermath, and other violences into new forms for readers to write on, cut, fold, and play with. Poems materialize as cootie catchers, games of M.A.S.H., and more as she revisits past events with a louder voice. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe adds this voice to a chorus in the book’s final section, documenting the sewing of a corset from other people’s trash that invokes the found-object art and history of Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStegall’s writing vibrates with rage and lingers in patches of sunlight. It summons ancient tragedies, converses with avant-garde artists and poets, and takes careful note of outfits. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eTears, Bra, and All\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis an extraordinary work of autobiographical collage that gives readers a participatory role — and “trash” a more expansive meaning.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublication date: September 8, 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e172 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6\" x 9\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9798991853064\u003c!-- notionvc: 0ff726c5-226f-4f64-a4e1-51598a66df07 --\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor international and wholesale orders, you can purchase through\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/asterismbooks.com\/product\/tears-bra-and-all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAsterism Books\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52418678456452,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0945\/3699\/0852\/files\/1_1b95d35f-675f-4671-905f-2f818f09ea84.png?v=1782754251","url":"https:\/\/www.girlnoise.press\/products\/tears-bra-and-all","provider":"Girl Noise Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}