{"product_id":"alien-miss-paperback","title":"Alien Miss - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarlina Duan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her stunning second collection, Carlina Duan illuminates unabashed odes to lineage, small and sacred moments of survival, and the demand to be fully seen \"spangling with light.\" Tracing familial lore and love, Duan reflects on the experience of growing up as a diasporic, bilingual daughter of immigrants, exploring the fraught complexities of identity, belonging, and linguistic reclamation. \u003ci\u003eAlien Miss\u003c\/i\u003e brings forth beautifully powerful voices: immigrants facing the Chinese Exclusion Act, the first Chinese American woman to vote, and matriarchal ancestors. The poems in this ambitious collection are immersed in the knotted blood of sisterhood, both celebrating and challenging conceptions of inheritance and homeland. \u003cbr\u003e I browse througharchives full of men and women with long black hair, throwing themselves into the land. thread of grass. threadof immaculate touch. paper son, or paperdaughter. my own papers marked with wings, the pointedtip of an eagle's beak. here, I'm made prey.\u003ci\u003eI pledge allegiance.\u003c\/i\u003e--Excerpt from \"Alien Miss Confronts the Author\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarlina Duan is the author of \u003ci\u003eI Wore My Blackest Hair\u003c\/i\u003e and has previously lived and worked in California, Malaysia, and Tennessee. Her poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCrab Orchard Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePleiades\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Michigan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.9 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 09, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767956209952,"sku":"9780299331344","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/21f07806daca822135139a561cb8c855.webp?v=1780321487","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/alien-miss-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}