{"product_id":"city-of-eternal-spring-9780822963257","title":"City of Eternal Spring","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2015 Phillis Wheatley Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e (poetry category) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is the final book in the Plum Flower Trilogy by Afaa Michael Weaver, published by the University of Pittsburgh Press. The two earlier books, \u003ci\u003eThe Plum Flower Dance: Poems 1985 to 2005 \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Government of Nature, \u003c\/i\u003ereveal similar themes that address the author's personal experience with childhood abuse through the context of Daoist renderings of nature as a metaphor for the human body, with an eye to recovery and forgiveness in a very eclectic spiritual life. \u003ci\u003eCity of Eternal Spring\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles Weaver's travels abroad in Taiwan and China, as well as showing the limits of cultural influence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822963257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.01h x 6.10w x 0.28d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2014 pg. 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Afaa Michael Weaver","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36644850139292,"sku":"9780822963257","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_68e3b822-0c78-47d2-a3a5-b306603af6b8.jpg?v=1603859630","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/city-of-eternal-spring-9780822963257","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}