{"product_id":"return-paperback-5","title":"Return - 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\u003eEmily Lee Luan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThrough the recurrence of memory, myth, and grief, \u003c\/i\u003e回 \/ Return\u003ci\u003e captures the elusory language of sorrow and solitude that binds Taiwanese diasporic experience.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRooted in the classical tradition of the Chinese \"reversible\" poem, 回 \/ \u003ci\u003eReturn\u003c\/i\u003e is engaged in the act of looking back--toward an imagined homeland and a childhood of suburban longing, through migratory passages, departures, and etymologies, and into the various holes and voids that appear in the telling and retelling of history. The poems ask: What is feeling? What is melancholy? Can language translate either?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA former Margins Fellow at the Asian American Writers' Workshop and the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, \u003cb\u003eEmily Lee Luan\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eI Watch the Boughs\u003c\/i\u003e, selected by Gabrielle Calvocoressi for a Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry 2021, Best New Poets 2019, American Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA from Rutgers University-Newark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 23, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53099513413856,"sku":"9781643621746","price":20.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/0voZ8H_P359781643621746_7d2ff860-ad07-43db-b87f-11748c122bfb.webp?v=1781707513","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/return-paperback-5","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}