{"product_id":"violet-energy-ingots-paperback","title":"Violet Energy Ingots - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHoa Nguyen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What our lives permit us to perceive as givens, Nguyen reveals as mere conditions, inextricably tied to and guided by greater forces--from the economy to the environment, from the Mayan predictions to the menstrual cycle, from the weight of history to the burden of the future.\" --Michael Brodeur, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems in \u003ci\u003eViolet Energy Ingots\u003c\/i\u003e contain a sense of dis-ease, rupture, things frayed, and grief--as love shimmers the edges. Ryo Yamaguchi describes Nguyen's writing as \"a kind of stuttering with intelligences, impressions, and emotions flaring up as the words find their pathways.\" As grounded in the earth as in the stars, her poems are reminders of the possibilities of contemplation in every space and moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Brief History of War\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd what if Jupiter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eis your faith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ea balloon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ebut I call you\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eby the improper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003enames I'm stained\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eby the world here\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo be brave and endure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe losing To be brave\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eand be the losing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLuck Brutal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in the Mekong Delta and raised in the Washington, DC area, \u003cb\u003eHoa Nguyen\u003c\/b\u003e studied Poetics at New College of California in San Francisco. With the poet Dale Smith, Nguyen founded \u003ci\u003eSkanky Possum\u003c\/i\u003e, a poetry journal and book imprint in Austin, TX, their home for fourteen years. She is the author of several poetry collections, most recently \u003ci\u003eRed Juice: Poems 1998-2008\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAs Long as Trees Last\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Toronto, Ontario where she curates a reading series and teaches poetics privately and at Ryerson University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHoa Nguyen\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of several books of poetry, including \u003cem\u003eAs Long As Trees Last\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRed Juice\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eViolet Energy Ingots\u003c\/em\u003e, which received a 2017 Griffin Prize nomination. As a public proponent and advocate of contemporary poetry, she has served as guest editor for \u003cem\u003eThe Best Canadian Poetry in English 2018\u003c\/em\u003e and judge for the 2020 Griffin Prize for Poetry, and she has performed and lectured at numerous institutions, including Princeton University, Bard College, Poet's House, and the Banff Centre's Writers Studio. Recipient of a 2019 Pushcart Prize and a 2020 Neustadt International Prize for Literature nomination, she has received grants and fellowships from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the MacDowell Colony, and the Millay Colony for the Arts. Her writing has garnered attention from such outlets as The PBS News Hour, \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Walrus\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePoetry\u003c\/em\u003e, among others. Born in the Mekong Delta and raised and educated in the United States, Nguyen has lived in Canada since 2011.\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 0.4 x 8.9 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769862291744,"sku":"9781940696348","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/977db578839ea2d8a839e173d58101eb.webp?v=1780358527","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/violet-energy-ingots-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}