{"product_id":"rain-in-plural-poems-paperback","title":"Rain in Plural: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFiona Sze-Lorrain\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe highly anticipated new collection from a poet whose previous book was a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRain in Plural\u003c\/i\u003e is the much-anticipated fourth collection of poetry by Fiona Sze-Lorrain, who has been praised by \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus \u003c\/i\u003eas \"a master of musicality and enlightening allusions.\" In the wholly original world of these new poems, Sze-Lorrain addresses both private narratives and the overexposed discourse of the \u003ci\u003epolis\u003c\/i\u003e, using silence and montage, lyric and antilyric, to envision what she calls \"creating between liberties.\" With a moral precision embracing \u003ci\u003eus\u003c\/i\u003e without eschewing \u003ci\u003eI\u003c\/i\u003e, she rethinks questions of citizenship, the selections of sensory memory, and, by extension, the tether of word and image to the actual. She writes, \"I accept the truth in newspapers \/ by holding the murder of my friends against my chest. \/\/ To each weather forecast I give thanks: \/ \u003ci\u003emerci\u003c\/i\u003e for every outdated \/\/ dusk\/dawn.\" Agrippina the Younger, Franz Kafka, Bob Dylan, a butoh performance, an unnamed Raku tea bowl--each has a place here. Made whole by time and its alteration in timelessness, synchrony, coincidences, and accidents, \u003ci\u003eRain in Plural\u003c\/i\u003e beautifully reveals an elegiac yet ever-evolving inner life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFiona Sze-Lorrain\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, translator, editor, and zheng harpist. She is the author of three previous poetry collections, including \u003ci\u003eThe Ruined Elegance \u003c\/i\u003e(Princeton), which was a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize. She has also translated more than a dozen books of contemporary Chinese, French, and American poetry. She lives in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 29, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47414386983090,"sku":"9780691203560","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/49941f8e42d4251f281a1bb512480fd7.webp?v=1778366611","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/rain-in-plural-poems-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}