{"product_id":"i-divided-poems-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChelsea Dingman \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eThaw\u003c\/i\u003e, chosen by Allison Joseph for the National Poetry Series, and \u003ci\u003eThrough a Small Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e, selected by Travis Wayne Denton for the Georgia Poetry Prize. She is currently pursuing her PhD at the University of Alberta.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Louisiana State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50661602099474,"sku":"9780807180174","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e61e35cd-f1c0-4cc1-b025-72e92211c33b.jpg?v=1733502020","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/i-divided-poems-9780807180174","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}