{"product_id":"yearling-paperback","title":"Yearling - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLo Kwa Mei-En\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDefiant and uncategorizable, Lo Kwa Mei-en's \u003ci\u003eYearling\u003c\/i\u003e, with its teeming species, battles, and passions, read like an illuminated manuscript: mysterious, visceral, awe-full. Hers are some of the most enviable poems I have ever read, and herald Mei-en as the new standard bearer for innovative structure, terrifying acknowledgment, ecstatic statement, and, I daresay, beauty.--Kathy Fagan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLo Kwa Mei-en's \u003ci\u003eYearling\u003c\/i\u003e explores adolescence through a deeply moving and poignantly raw lens. As the speaker ages, so too does the poetry, creating laments for the loss of friendship, the loss of species, and sometimes the loss of humanity itself. Harsh, forlorn and yet effervescent, Mei-en's lyricism perfectly captures the ethos of youth in an unsure world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Rara Avis Decoy: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWild diamond rocking on the floor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eof a predatory boat. Point \u0026amp; say sweet traitor\u003cbr\u003eto the wood \u0026amp; water for wanting to be made\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eof both. My name is I know not what I am\u003cbr\u003eas a country of mothers \u0026amp; fathers comes down.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThey call me sleeping beauty. I dream I am \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ein flight, body unfolding, folding, a bullet\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ewounding water again \u0026amp; again--the mysterious\u003cbr\u003elove of a father \u0026amp; mother a two-barreled\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003egaze. The gun in my dream speaks my name \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026amp; sees a beating vein. Takes aim--\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLo Kwa Mei-en\u003c\/b\u003e is from Singapore and Ohio. Her poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWest Branch\u003c\/i\u003e, and other journals, and won the Crazyhorse Lynda Hull Memorial Poetry Prize and the Gulf Coast Poetry Prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLo Kwa Mei-en is from Singapore and Ohio. Her poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eBoston Review, Guernica, The Kenyon Review, West Branch, \u003c\/i\u003e and other journals, and won the \u003ci\u003eCrazyhorse\u003c\/i\u003e Lynda Hull Memorial Poetry Prize and the \u003ci\u003eGulf Coast\u003c\/i\u003e Poetry Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760118038816,"sku":"9781938584107","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/84f760749648a0064588c9a64ebaf223.webp?v=1780172084","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/yearling-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}