{"product_id":"if-god-is-a-virus-paperback","title":"If God Is a Virus - 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\u003eSeema Yasmin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on original reporting from West Africa and the United States, and the poet's experiences as a doctor and journalist, \u003cem\u003eIf God Is A Virus\u003c\/em\u003e charts the course of the largest and deadliest Ebola epidemic in history, telling the stories of Ebola survivors, outbreak responders, journalists and the virus itself. Documentary poems explore which human lives are valued, how editorial decisions are weighed, what role the aid industrial complex plays in crises, and how medical myths and rumor can travel faster than microbes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese poems also give voice to the virus. Eight percent of the human genome is inherited from viruses and the human placenta would not exist without a gene descended from a virus. \u003cem\u003eIf God Is A Virus\u003c\/em\u003e reimagines viruses as givers of life and even authors of a viral-human self-help book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Seema Yasmin is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, professor, medical doctor and author of three books, including \u003cem\u003eMuslim Women Are Everything\u003c\/em\u003e. She teaches science journalism and global health storytelling at Stanford University, and is the director of the Stanford Health Communications Initiative. Her poetry has appeared in \u003cem\u003eFoundry\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Literary Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRuminate\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBateau\u003c\/em\u003e, and in the anthology, \u003cem\u003eHalal If You Hear Me\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eIf God Is A Virus\u003c\/em\u003e is her first book-length collection of poems. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.7 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 06, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47275584389369,"sku":"9781642594591","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/STdMdGpSRzk5SVJVVXNXSDEraUdKdz09.webp?v=1768981801","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/if-god-is-a-virus-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}