{"product_id":"the-intimacy-trials-9780226848105","title":"The Intimacy Trials","description":"\u003cb\u003eA post-apocalyptic Native poetry collection that creates possibility for repair and reconciliation by holding the simultaneity of a violent past and a hopeful future.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Aja Couchois Duncan's third book of poetry, \u003ci\u003eThe Intimacy Trials\u003c\/i\u003e, explores cycles of violence, loss, and love that arc across history. Composed of intersecting narratives, this collection follows a post-apocalyptic collective of survivors living in a state of gratitude, shame, and awe amid desecrated ecosystems. The present tense of \u003ci\u003eThe Intimacy Trials \u003c\/i\u003ecarries the magnitude of a historic past tense filled with land theft, genocide, settler colonialism, and the vicissitudes of romantic love. Couchois Duncan's lyrical, concomitant stories produce a space that holds in balance the complexities of life--joy, despair, intimacy, and irreconcilable grief. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In language that is prophetic, lush, and unequivocal, \u003ci\u003eThe Intimacy Trials \u003c\/i\u003eis a loving accountability letter to our past, present, and future selves, holding both our yearning for connection and the remembrance of what has driven us apart. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226848105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Aja Couchois Duncan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52197273141429,"sku":"9780226848105","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2954e484-2190-413c-84cf-938d2b2de93b.jpg?v=1769622906","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-intimacy-trials-9780226848105","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}