{"product_id":"i-divided-chelsea-dingman-9780807180174","title":"I, Divided: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn underlying cynicism lies at the heart of the questions asked by Chelsea Dingman's \u003ci\u003eI, Divided: \u003c\/i\u003e What is a life worth? Today. Now. Why is that? Who gives anyone permission to be? And how is that determined? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn poems that use the science behind chaos theory as a lens for examining illness and agency, Dingman explores the divide between determination and accident, whereby the body becomes a site of exploration as well as elegy in cases of disease such as traumatic brain injury, cancer, and addiction. Much like weather patterns, inherited histories of violence and disease are cyclical. They remain at once determined and yet undetermined, becoming ultimately chaotic. The \"I\" of the title is fractured over several divides, subordinated to illness and to a past that is invariable, though finally morphs as an agent of change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI, Divided\u003c\/i\u003e operates as if within a swirling hurricane, beginning and ending amid the same human concerns, tracing a life cycle and its repetition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chelsea Dingman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807180173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807180174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d","brand":"Chelsea Dingman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44245179302143,"sku":"9780807180174","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f2af0829-e283-498c-a385-bbf7d1fded63.jpg?v=1693926584","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-divided-chelsea-dingman-9780807180174","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}