{"product_id":"quiet-night-think-poems-essays-paperback","title":"Quiet Night Think: Poems \u0026 Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGillian Sze\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eQuiet Night Think\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning work.\" -- Madeleine Thien, author of \u003ci\u003eDo Not Say We Have Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One function of the poet at any time is to discover by his own thought and feeling what seems to him to be poetry at that time,\" writes Wallace Stevens. In \u003ci\u003eQuiet Night Think\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning poet Gillian Sze expresses her own definition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the remarkable period of early parenthood, Sze's new maternal role urges her to contemplate her own origins, both familial and artistic. Comprised of six personal essays, poems, and a concluding long poem, \u003ci\u003eQuiet Night Think\u003c\/i\u003e takes its title from a direct translation of an eighth-century Chinese poem by Li Bai, the subject of the opening essay. Sze's memory of reading Li Bai's poem as a child marks the beginning of an unshakable encounter with poetry. What follows is an intimate anatomization of her particular entanglement with languages and cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her most generically diverse book yet, Sze moves between poetry and prose, mother and writer, the lyrical and the autobiographical, all the while inviting readers to meditate with her on questions of emergence and transformation: What are you trying to be? Where does a word break off? What calls to us throughout the night?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eGillian Sze\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of multiple poetry collections, including \u003ci\u003ePeeling Rambutan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRedrafting Winter\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePanicle\u003c\/i\u003e, which were finalists for the Quebec Writers' Federation's A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry. She resides in Montreal, where she teaches creative writing and literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.35 x 8.57 x 5.61 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766711845152,"sku":"9781770416253","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6f14a2fc32fece3d8d57d3258ea884ae.webp?v=1780297159","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/quiet-night-think-poems-essays-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}