{"product_id":"godhouse-by-ruth-ellen-kocher-9781632431165","title":"godhouse","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoems that consider the human body as a meeting place of the infinite and the mortal.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStarting with the idea that the human experience is the universe looking back at itself, \u003cem\u003egodhouse\u003c\/em\u003e takes the notion a few steps further by centring cosmology within a raced and gendered body. Ruth Ellen Kocher’s poems envision this body as a union of god and soul that, within our material world, encompasses love and hate, joy and despair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe body is a site of divine presence made mortal, electrified with the resonance of both the infinite and the human. In \u003cem\u003egodhouse\u003c\/em\u003e, we encounter the body as a site where the universe is made personal and celebratory, where the celestial endure the complications of flesh and friction forms between the glorious and the monstrous aspects of personhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460875665644,"sku":"9781632431165","price":43.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781632431165-godhouse.jpg?v=1774954680","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/godhouse-by-ruth-ellen-kocher-9781632431165","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}