{"product_id":"godhouse-paperback-1","title":"Godhouse - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRuth Ellen Kocher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoems that consider the human body as a meeting place of the infinite and the mortal.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Starting with the idea that the human experience is the universe looking back at itself, \u003ci\u003egodhouse \u003c\/i\u003etakes the notion a few steps further by centering cosmology within a raced and gendered body. Ruth Ellen Kocher's poems envision this body as a union of god and soul that, within our material world, encompasses love and hate, joy and despair. The body is a site of divine presence made mortal, electrified with the resonance of both the infinite and the human. In \u003ci\u003egodhouse\u003c\/i\u003e, we encounter the body as a site where the universe is made personal and celebratory, where the celestial endure the complications of flesh and friction forms between the glorious and the monstrous aspects of personhood. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth Ellen Kocher \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of seven books: \u003ci\u003eThird Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the PEN Open Book Award; \u003ci\u003eEnding in Planes\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGoodbye Lyric: The Gigans and Lovely Gun\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e domina Un\/blue\u003c\/i\u003ed, which won the Dorset Prize and the 2014 PEN\/Open Book Award; \u003ci\u003eOne Girl Babylon\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Green Rose Prize; \u003ci\u003eWhen the Moon Knows You're Wandering\u003c\/i\u003e; and\u003ci\u003e Desdemona's Fire\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and has been named a distinguished professor of English at the University of Colorado. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 140\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353022611705,"sku":"9781632431165","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/S_LHf5EKOJ9781632431165_443898d5-735b-4729-bb8e-c437b4d016a7.webp?v=1769816036","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/godhouse-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}