{"product_id":"ovarium-poems-paperback","title":"Ovarium: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoanna Ingham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTender, loving and visceral, \u003ci\u003eOvarium\u003c\/i\u003e is a pamphlet of poems about a giant ovarian cyst. The poet charts her journey with the cyst, from diagnosis to surgery to recovery, via a landscape of scanner rooms and hospital wards. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe poems explore the impact of illness, and the body as a site of disgust and shame but also healing and endurance. Ingham's poems are forensic as she looks at the disorientating and sometimes patriarchal language of anatomy and medicine, and the way illness can change the relationship we have with our own bodies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI tried to think of you as fruit, growing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eagainst the sun-warm wall of my gut.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMelon-headed, you nudged the leafy organs, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003edug out a place for yourself in the plot.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI never guessed. I was only bloody earth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eto you, a coldframe full of light.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - from 'Cyst'\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 38\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.09 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 23, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42732649414719,"sku":"9781912915972","price":17.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ccd77fac781c4f1f61bd0c26ecdb8d9d.webp?v=1765133236","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/ovarium-poems-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}