{"product_id":"9780822980308","title":"City of Eternal Spring","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2015 Phillis Wheatley Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e (poetry category)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This is the final book in the Plum Flower Trilogy by Afaa Michael Weaver, published by the University of Pittsburgh Press. The two earlier books, \u003ci\u003eThe Plum Flower Dance: Poems 1985 to 2005\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Government of Nature,\u003c\/i\u003e reveal similar themes that address the author’s personal experience with childhood abuse through the context of Daoist renderings of nature as a metaphor for the human body, with an eye to recovery and forgiveness in a very eclectic spiritual life. \u003ci\u003eCity of Eternal Spring\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles Weaver’s travels abroad in Taiwan and China, as well as showing the limits of cultural influence.","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47080960262384,"sku":"9780822980308","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780822980308_p0.jpg?v=1763751624","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780822980308","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}