{"product_id":"thaw-poems-paperback","title":"Thaw: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChelsea Dingman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThaw\u003c\/i\u003e delves into the issues at the core of a resilient family: kinship, poverty, violence, death, abuse, and grief. The poems follow the speaker, as both mother and daughter, as she travels through harsh and beautiful landscapes in Canada, Sweden, and the United States. Moving through these places, she examines how her surroundings affect her inner landscape; the natural world becomes both a place of refuge and a threat. As these themes unfold, the histories and cold truths of her family and country intertwine and impinge on her, even as she tries to outrun them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnflinching and raw, Chelsea Dingman's poems meander between childhood and adulthood, the experiences of being a mother and a child paralleling one another. Her investigation becomes one of body, self, woman, mother, daughter, sister, and citizen, and of what those roles mean in the contexts of family and country.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHELSEA DINGMAN's first book, \u003ci\u003eThaw\u003c\/i\u003e (Georgia), was chosen by Allison Joseph to win the National Poetry Series. Dingman is also the author of the chapbook \u003ci\u003eWhat Bodies Have I Moved \u003c\/i\u003eand has won the \u003ci\u003eSoutheast Review\u003c\/i\u003e's Gearhart Poetry Prize, the \u003ci\u003eSycamore Review\u003c\/i\u003e's Wabash Prize, the \u003ci\u003eWater-stone Review\u003c\/i\u003e's Jane Kenyon Poetry Prize, and the South Atlantic Modern Language Association's Creative Writing Award for Poetry. Visit her website: chelseadingman.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722457452607,"sku":"9780820351315","price":26.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/90c156e6165d765ac311ef289b53e84d.webp?v=1765095828","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/thaw-poems-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}