{"product_id":"every-fig-has-a-wasp-inside-paperback","title":"Every Fig Has a Wasp Inside - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTian Sanchez-Ballado\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat do you do with the things that made you-when they also tried to unmake you? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Every Fig Has a Wasp Inside, Tian Sanchez-Ballado excavates the body-queer, CubaRican, Southern, chronically ill-and asks what it means to carry what cuts and feeds you in the same breath. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems are not an exorcism. They are what happens when the haunting stays. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere: Wasps dissolve into figs. Lunchables erase pastelitos. Insurance companies feast on your bones. What devours you becomes sweetness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis isn't a coming-of-age story. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's what survival looks like when it lingers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot confession-\u003cstrong\u003ecanon\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot healing-\u003cstrong\u003estaying\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike the fig that needs the wasp's body to fruit, these poems know: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThat tenderness has teeth. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThat inheritance is both wound and offering. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThat sometimes, the sweetest thing you can do is refuse to be digested.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 98\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.23 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45859793600709,"sku":"9798999066336","price":26.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/OgA5zGcAgD9798999066336.webp?v=1771532855","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/every-fig-has-a-wasp-inside-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}