{"product_id":"fire-is-not-a-country-poems-paperback","title":"Fire Is Not a Country: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCynthia Dewi Oka\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her third collection, Indonesian American poet Cynthia Dewi Oka dives into the implications of being parents, children, workers, and unwanted human beings under the savage reign of global capitalism and resurgent nativism. With a voice bound and wrestled apart by multiple histories, \u003ci\u003eFire Is Not a Country\u003c\/i\u003e claims the spaces between here and there, then and now, us and not us. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As she builds a lyric portrait of her own family, Oka interrogates how migration, economic exploitation, patriarchal violence, and a legacy of political repression shape the beauties and limitations of familial love and obligation. Woven throughout are speculative experiments that intervene in the popular apocalyptic narratives of our time with the wit of an unassimilable other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Oka's speakers mourn, labor, argue, digress, avenge, and fail, but they do not retreat. Born of conflicts public and private, this collection is for anyone interested in what it means to engage the multitudes within ourselves.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCYNTHIA DEWI OKA\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eSalvage: Poems \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Nomad of Salt and Hard Water\u003c\/i\u003e. Originally from Bali, Indonesia, she has most recently been awarded the Leeway Foundation's Transformation Award, the Tupelo Quarterly Poetry Prize, and an Amy Clampitt Residency. She lives with her son and partner in New Jersey.\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 0.4 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 22, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767499063584,"sku":"9780810144217","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c32aff3da2c07348204ee166ac6223f1.webp?v=1780312393","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/fire-is-not-a-country-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}