{"product_id":"self-portrait-as-rumor-and-blood-by-rachelle-cruz","title":"Self Portrait as Rumor and Blood by Rachelle Cruz","description":"Rachelle Cruz is from Hayward, California. Her work has appeared in Muzzle Magazine, Splinter Generation, KCET's Departures Series, Inlandia: A Literary Journey, among others. She hosts “The Blood-Jet Writing Hour” Radio Show on Blog Talk Radio. An Emerging Voices Fellow, a Kundiman Fellow and a VONA writer, she lives and writes in Riverside, California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelf-Portrait as Blood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf there is a river more ecstatic than this\u003cbr\u003esimmering between fingers,\u003cbr\u003eblack-red as night parting through the reeds,\u003cbr\u003ethen let me gnaw my mother's finger\u003cbr\u003einto the bell of her silence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf there is a river more powerful than this,\u003cbr\u003epray that it flows through the magic of return.\u003cbr\u003eSilt loosened by the heart's surge\u003cbr\u003eand carried into the chambers of my wilderness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf there is a river more present than this,\u003cbr\u003eteach me how to unfurl dawn with my hands,\u003cbr\u003eto stroke honey-mouthed generations\u003cbr\u003ewith this wild, wild water.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Dancing Girl Press \u0026amp; Studio (2012)","brand":"Dancing Girl Press \u0026 Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39567472197798,"sku":"SKU-233","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/0785\/3478\/products\/c11ba8546505a684b55e3adf4a286485.jpg?v=1616550089","url":"https:\/\/philippine-bookshop.myshopify.com\/products\/self-portrait-as-rumor-and-blood-by-rachelle-cruz","provider":"Philippine  Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}