{"product_id":"lunch-in-chinatown-paperback","title":"Lunch in Chinatown - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Bonina\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew from Mary Bonina-and particularly timely-\u003cem\u003eLUNCH IN CHINATOWN\u003c\/em\u003e is a poetry collection inspired by the poet's work teaching the English language to immigrants from Haiti, China, Poland and other European countries, Central, Latin American, and African nations, and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems highlight, as Patrick Sylvain, Professor of Global Studies, states in his introduction, \"the universal nature of human connection, understanding, and a sense of shared humanity in the face of cultural and linguistic differences\" Bonina sees her classes as offering survival skills, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand compares her necessarily improvised lessons to the act of writing a poem, \"that familiar process of one word, one thought, leading to another, often unanticipated one, recognizing endless possibilities, and finally settling on the right one in a moment of revelation.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 42\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.1 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748028023072,"sku":"9781950063888","price":23.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0baae6eb2c1723efb5060b95c706014c.webp?v=1779903246","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/lunch-in-chinatown-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}