{"product_id":"room-colon-nine-paperback","title":"Room Colon Nine - 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\u003eMadeleine Moon-Chun\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom author's introduction to the poems in ROOM COLON NINE. Numbers are symbolic parts of our traditions, religions, superstitions, and daily lives. Many buildings in the United States don't include the thirteenth floor in writing, as it is considered unlucky. Three, on the other hand, \"is the charm.\" In Korean tradition, the 100th day after a baby is born is cause for a ceremony and a gathering of the community. In the United States, some of the most important birthdays are when someone turns sixteen, eighteen, twenty-one, and fifty. For many Latin American cultures, girls who turn fifteen have their \u003cem\u003equinceañera\u003c\/em\u003e. Judaism considers thirteen to be when children reach the age of symbolic adulthood. For many Asian countries, the age sixty is celebrated, as it signifies the person has lived through all twelve zodiac signs five times-once for each different universal element. And the list goes on. While various countries and cultures have their own ceremonious ages and numbers, the overarching current of similarity is the symbolic weight we humans place on numbers.\u003c\/p\u003eUltimately, \u003cem\u003eROOM COLON NINE \u003c\/em\u003eis the endlessly paradoxical vertex, or axis, at which beginnings and endings collide, are reconsidered, and are formed anew. The number nine has played a significant role in my life, and I believe that it possesses much meaning regarding the intersections of time, space, belonging, and other philosophical matters that remain painfully relevant in our current day. \u003cp\u003e\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 0.22 x 9.25 x 7.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43155784433727,"sku":"9781961562103","price":23.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/BUD-CWGWIW9781961562103.webp?v=1776966527","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/room-colon-nine-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}