Bibliograph

If God is a virus, poems, Seema Yasmin

Type

Label

If God is a virus, poems, Seema Yasmin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

If God is a virus

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1196043832

Responsibility statement

Seema Yasmin

Series statement

The BreakBeat poets

Sub title

poems

Summary

Based on original reporting from West Africa and the United States, and the poet's experiences as a doctor and journalist, If God Is A Virus charts the course of the largest and deadliest Ebola epidemic in history, telling the stories of Ebola survivors, outbreak responders, journalists and the virus itself. Documentary poems explore which human lives are valued, how editorial decisions are weighed, what role the aid industrial complex plays in crises, and how medical myths and rumor can travel faster than microbes. These poems also give voice to the virus. Eight percent of the human genome is inherited from viruses and the human placenta would not exist without a gene descended from a virus. If God Is A Virus reimagines viruses as givers of life and even authors of a viral-human self-help book.--Publisher's description

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