{"product_id":"chamber-after-chamber-9781625347787","title":"Chamber After Chamber","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChamber after Chamber\u003c\/i\u003e is about what fractures, fixes, and refills the hearts of two girls as they grow into women. A loose narrative in three sections, the poems follow a speaker and her cousin through their hardscrabble, backwoods childhood to their separation--both physical and emotional--as adults. From the make-believe apocalypses and cut-and-paste valentines of elementary school to the stadium-seating classrooms and multiplexes of southern China, our speaker tries to leave the shame and dysfunction of her family behind. In China, she begins to see America--and herself--clearly for the first time, and in doing so discovers that both her cousin and her country are inextricably woven into \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e [her body] part that never sleeps the blood \u003cbr\u003e and chambered meat that's like a rock squeezed \u003cbr\u003e in a fist rapping its knuckles \u003cbr\u003e on the sweet door of the body. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Massachusetts Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781625347787\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 66","brand":"Saara Myrene Raappana","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43673020694709,"sku":"9781625347787","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a374a86e-e234-4ed2-8d1a-18e14cbafb38.jpg?v=1709052989","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/chamber-after-chamber-9781625347787","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}