{"product_id":"chamber-after-chamber","title":"Chamber After Chamber","description":"\u003ci\u003eChamber after Chamber\u003c\/i\u003e is about what fractures, fixes, and refills the hearts of two girls as they grow into women. A loose narrative in three sections, the poems follow a speaker and her cousin through their hardscrabble, backwoods childhood to their separation—both physical and emotional—as adults. From the make-believe apocalypses and cut-and-paste valentines of elementary school to the stadium-seating classrooms and multiplexes of southern China, our speaker tries to leave the shame and dysfunction of her family behind. In China, she begins to see America—and herself—clearly for the first time, and in doing so discovers that both her cousin and her country are inextricably woven into \u003cp\u003e [her body] part  that never sleeps  the blood\u003cbr\u003e and chambered meat  that’s like a rock squeezed\u003cbr\u003e in a fist  rapping its knuckles\u003cbr\u003e on the sweet door  of the body.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Massachusetts Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54002082611544,"sku":null,"price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781625347787_65788e57-34e2-4164-abc2-13333b2d4fa8.jpg?v=1779507952","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/chamber-after-chamber","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}