{"id":474,"date":"2022-05-10T16:57:18","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T20:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fxv.digital\/cool\/?post_type=product&#038;p=474"},"modified":"2026-02-12T13:29:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T18:29:35","slug":"fight-or-flight","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/fxv.digital\/cool\/product\/fight-or-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Fight or Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_wc_breadcrumb et_pb_wc_breadcrumb_0 et_pb_bg_layout_  et_pb_text_align_left\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"woocommerce-breadcrumb\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fxv.digital\/cool\">Home<\/a>  \/  <a href=\"https:\/\/fxv.digital\/cool\/product-category\/books\/\">Books<\/a>  \/  Stand Up &#038; Be Heard<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_wc_cart_notice et_pb_wc_cart_notice_0 woocommerce et_pb_fields_layout_default et_pb_bg_layout_  et_pb_text_align_left\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_wc_images et_pb_wc_images_0 et_pb_bg_layout_\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"woocommerce-product-gallery woocommerce-product-gallery--with-images woocommerce-product-gallery--columns-4 images\" data-columns=\"4\" style=\"opacity: 0; 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Each chapter includes thoughtful prompts that challenge writers to respond, reflect, and craft poems born from their own lived experiences. More than a book, it is a workshop between covers\u2014designed to thrill anyone brave enough to press pencil to page.\u00a0 Stand Up &amp; Be Heard calls readers to write boldly, to leave an impression on things they were not intending to impress, and to discover that poetry can mend what feels broken. It reminds us that words can rebuild toys, heal hearts, and reimagine the world.<\/p>\n<p>As National Poetry Slam Champion Jonathan GNO White says of the book: \u201cLook somebody\u2019s got to be out there to help folks put broken toys and hearts right in this world. No better man for the job than JZ. 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The book itself is surprising in that this is the first time Zihuatanejo has written a book that is equal parts poetry and equal parts short stories. The Fight side finds Joaquin in his element as poet. These are all new poems, and in the Fight side of the book Joaquin explores familiar themes in entirely new and exciting ways. The Fight side is filled with hybrids of closed forms, poems written in interconnected couplets, as well as free verse poems with long disconsolate lines. One of the poems in this collection, \u201cArchetypes,\u201d Joaquin considers the most personal poem he\u2019s written to date. He also considers it his best writing to date. You will want to read, and reread, and share these poems with people you love. However, in the other half of the book, the award-winning poet has tackled a new genre. In the collection of short stories that make up the Flight side of the book, you will read about people whose struggles range from marriages on the verge of collapse, to a young, gay man haunted by the memory of his abusive father, to a small Latino boy blinded by a careless swing of a bat, among others. Zihuatanejo went out of his way to write about protagonists who are Latino. Like his first collection of poetry, Barrio Songs, from Bonita Blvd Publications, Joaquin in the second half of his new collection from CoolSpeak Book Publishing wanted to write about people who sounded like his tios, like the mocosos he used to run the streets with, like the people who raised him, like the people he finds in his dreams. One-third poetry collection, one-third short fiction collection, and one-third writing journal, Fight or Flight, by award winning poet, Joaquin Zihuatanejo has something in it for everyone. 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