{"product_id":"capsid-joseph-osmundson-9781945023033","title":"Capsid: A Love Song","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoseph Osmundson is a scientist and writer from rural Washington State. His writing has been published in the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Los Angeles Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGawker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSalon\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Feminist Wire\u003c\/em\u003e, where he is an Associate Editor. He's currently a post-doctoral fellow in systems biology at New York University.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOsmundson describes \u003cem\u003eCapsid: A Love Song\u003c\/em\u003e as an essay \"On HIV, desire, science, queerness, love.\" The book is a long-form essay that incorporates eight prose poems, each one inspired by a different phase in the life cycle of HIV. A person infected with a virus is called a host, and that makes the virus the guest, and sometimes a guest becomes a friend, and sometimes a friend becomes a lover. Osmundson explores the intimacy of the relatioinship between an HIV-positive person and his virus. His scientific perspective makes this young gay man an especially poignant singer of this love song.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Osmundson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1945023031\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781945023033\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indolent Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.12d","brand":"Joseph Osmundson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045807026431,"sku":"9781945023033","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5857da2f-86ff-401a-b65d-16c9f7c8f57d.jpg?v=1684980876","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/capsid-joseph-osmundson-9781945023033","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}