{"product_id":"root-fractures-poems-paperback","title":"Root Fractures: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDiana Khoi Nguyen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*One of \u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e's Poetry Books to Read in 2024*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e*One of \u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e's Must Read Poetry Books of Winter 2024*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Book Award finalist Diana Khoi Nguyen's second poetry collection, a haunting of a family's past upon its present, and a frank reckoning with how loss and displacement transform mothers and daughters across generations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRoot Fractures\u003c\/i\u003e, Diana Khoi Nguyen excavates the moments of rupture in a family: a mother who was forced underground after the Fall of Saigon, a father who engineered a new life in California as an immigrant, a brother who cut himself out of every family picture before cutting himself out of their lives entirely. And as new generations of the family come of age, opportunities to begin anew blend with visitations from the past. Through poems of disarming honesty and personal risk, Nguyen examines what takes root after a disaster and how we can make a story out of the broken pieces of our lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Terrance Hayes writes, \"'There is nothing that is not music' for this poet. Poetry is found in the gaps, silences, and ruptures of history.\" This astonishing second collection renders poetry into an act of \u003ci\u003ekintsugi\u003c\/i\u003e, embellishing what is broken in a family's legacy so that it can be seen in a new light.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoet and multimedia artist Diana Khoi Nguyen was born and raised in California. Her debut poetry collection \u003ci\u003eGhost Of\u003c\/i\u003e was selected by Terrance Hayes for the Omnidawn Open Contest and was a finalist for the National Book Award and \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize. It received the 2019 Kate Tufts Discovery Award and a Colorado Book Award. A Kundiman fellow and member of the Vietnamese diasporic artist collective, She Who Has No Master(s), Nguyen's other honors include awards from the 92Y \"Discovery\" Poetry Contest, Key West Literary Seminars, and Academy of American Poets. She teaches creative writing at Randolph College Low-Residency MFA and is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.08 x 9 x 6.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752611479840,"sku":"9781668031308","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f495ab0de569ca071406d1c780b5302a.webp?v=1779999956","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/root-fractures-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}