{"product_id":"karyotype-9781771313797","title":"Karyotype","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA remarkable debut that expresses a humanism grounded in physiology.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt the heart of \u003ci\u003eKaryotype\u003c\/i\u003e is the Beauty of Loulan, a woman who lived four thousand years ago, her body preserved in the cool, dry sands of the Taklamakan Desert. \u003ci\u003eKaryotype's\u003c\/i\u003e poems range from the title sequence, which explores the DNA and woven textiles of this woman and her vanished people (a karyotype is the characteristic chromosome complement of a species), to the firebombing of the National Library of Sarajevo, from an abecedarian hymn on the International Red Cross \"Book of Belongings\" to the experience of watching the televised invasion of Iraq in the dark of a Montreal night. The Beauty of Loulan becomes a symbol of the ephemerality of human genetic and cultural texts, and of our chances for survival.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"And then there was Liu Baiqiang \u003cbr\u003esentenced to 18 years for \"Counter-Revolutionary Incitement\"\u003cbr\u003e who attached words to the legs of locusts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTyranny! Long Live Freedom!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eand flung them over the walls \u003cbr\u003eof his prison, into the air.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—from \"On the ordering of chaotic bodies of poetry\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eKaryotype\u003c\/i\u003e is for me a crucial text in the work of re-imagining what it is to be human...I am grateful, as well as inspired, to find an artwork performing this essential task.\"\u003cb\u003e—Don McKay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kim Trainor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48278418620667,"sku":"9781771313797","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781771313797.jpg?v=1772486316","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/karyotype-9781771313797","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}