{"product_id":"sick-paperback-2","title":"sick - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJody Chan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jody Chan writes, 'have you ever found your specific wounds curled up in a song \/ written by someone else?' SICK is medicine and music. This book unearths a tenderness unknown to me before reading these poems and witnessing their 'humble magic.' Chan's lyric is a landscape I return to find myself. How lucky are we to be living and reading while Jody Chan is writing and teaching us how to be 'warm \u0026amp; unafraid'-what a tremendous, marvelous gift.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Yujane Chen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This striking debut-poems of history, of beauty, of violence, of grief-will surprise you at every turn of phrase and page. Chan's work is innovative, their treatment of the universal human condition meticulously unique. Do not miss this collection.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Erica Dawson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In SICK, Jody Chan examines loss through brilliant and stunning lyric, each poem urgent with gentle ferocity. So much exists here in the absence of what is said, so much feels vestigial-a phantom limb that keeps aching through deftly crafted nuance, simply mesmerizing. The many exigencies of grief appear and reappear in this collection like a 'hungry ghost, ' but Chan proclaims\/reclaims, 'this is a love story this is a love story this is a love story.'\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Jay Ward\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 85\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 14, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42162715394183,"sku":"9781625578198","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/1385cfb467b1dda415c8fbd8bfd764bb_8eea9c83-0246-4704-bebe-02c276894d27.webp?v=1738581060","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/sick-paperback-2","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}