{"product_id":"pain-before-the-rainbow-a-biomythographical-anthology-anthonys-sin-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"Pain Before the Rainbow: a biomythographical anthology\/Anthony's Sin and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJack Cooper\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Ann Atkins\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePain Before the Rainbow: \u003cem\u003ea biomythographical anthology \u003c\/em\u003eby Jack Cooper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eis a collection of stories anchored by Anthony's Sin. The anthology includes poetry, essays, and eloquent explorations of life and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCooper describes his work as Biomythography, which means weaving together myth, history, and biography in epic narrative form, a style of composition that represents all the ways in which we perceive the truth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe says that Biomythography is not our truth told simply and in a mundane way, but a writing down of our meanings of identity, with the materials of our lives. He asserts that we are the culmination of it all; experiences are painted with imagery, perception, and mostly emotions. Details that become true in the telling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis gripping book chronicles the life of a man who was acutely aware of being gay as a boy in an unaccepting world-a time before the rainbow. Cooper presents an eloquent narrative through a series of stories that engage the reader's mind and heart in this skillfully composed exploration of identity and compelling perspective through the lens of a man who lives and loves outside the lines of the oppressive heterosexual boxes that society and religion drew and that condition boys to think and act according to a preset definition of masculinity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCooper brilliantly navigates the shame and secrecy, tragedy, and trauma, as well as strength and courage, that grow out of living one's truth in a disapproving and often hurtful world. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 182\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53575243628851,"sku":"9781956879827","price":21.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/pain-before-the-rainbow-a-biomythographical-anthology-anthonys-sin-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}