Body Language

<b>A kaleidoscopic anthology of essays published by <i>Catapult</i> magazine about the stories our bodies tell and how we move within--and against--expectations of race gender health and ability</b> <p/>Bodies are serious irreverent sexy fragile strong political and inseparable from our experiences and identities as human beings. Pushing the dialogue and confronting monolithic myths this collection of essays tackles topics like weight disability desire fertility illness and the embodied experience of race in deep challenging ways. <p/>Selected from the archives of <i>Catapult</i> magazine the essays in <i>Body Language</i> affirm and challenge the personal and political conversations around human bodies from the perspectives of thirty writers diverse in race age gender size sexuality health ability geography and class--a brilliant group probing and speaking their own truths about their bodies and identities refusing to submit to others' expectations about how their bodies should look function and behave. <p/>Covering a wide range of experiences--from art modeling as a Black woman to nostalgia for a brutalizing high school sport from the frightening upheaval of cancer diagnoses to the small beauties of funeral sex--this collection is intelligent sensitive and unflinchingly candid. Through the power of personal narratives as told by writers at all stages of their careers <i>Body Language</i> reflects the many ways in which we understand and inhabit our bodies. <p/>Featuring essays by A.E. Osworth Andrea Ruggirello Aricka Foreman Austin Gilkeson Bassey Ikpi Bryan Washington Callum Angus Destiny O. Birdsong Eloghosa Osunde Forsyth Harmon Gabrielle Bellot Haley Houseman Hannah Walhout Jenny Tinghui Zhang Jess Zimmerman Kaila Philo Karissa Chen Kayla Whaley Maggie Tokuda-Hall Marcos Gonsalez Marisa Crane Melissa Hung Natalie Lima Nina Riggs Rachel Charlene Lewis Ross Showalter s.e. smith Sarah McEachern Taylor Harris and Toni Jensen.