{"title":"Tina Chang","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTina Chang\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts poetry that explores the complexities of identity, culture, and the human experience with poignant clarity. Her works, such as \u003cem\u003eHybrida\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLion\u003c\/em\u003e, invite readers into vivid landscapes where personal history and broader social themes intertwine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, Chang’s writing is marked by lyrical intensity and emotional depth, offering insights that resonate long after the final page. Her voice is a vital contribution to contemporary poetry, reflecting the nuances of modern life through rich, evocative language.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"hybrida-by-tina-chang-9780393358414","title":"Hybrida","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this timely, assured collection, Tina Chang confronts the complexities of raising a mixed-race child during an era of political upheaval in the United States. She ruminates on the relationship between her son's blackness and his safety, exploring the dangers of childhood in a post–Trayvon Martin era and invoking racialised roles in fairy tales. Against the stark urban landscapes of threat and surveillance, Chang returns to the language of mothers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMeditating on the lives of Michael Brown, Leiby Kletzky, and Noemi Álvarez Quillay—lost at the hands of individuals entrusted to protect them—Chang creates hybrid poetic forms that mirror her investigation of racial tensions. Through an agile blend of zuihitsu, ghazal, prose poems, mosaic poems, and lyric essays, \u003cem\u003eHybrida\u003c\/em\u003e envisions a childhood of mixed race as one that is complex, emotionally wrought, and often vulnerable. \u003cem\u003eHybrida\u003c\/em\u003e is a twenty-first-century tale that is equal parts a mother's love and her fury, an ambitious and revelatory exploration of identity that establishes Tina Chang as one of the most vital voices of her generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470849425644,"sku":"9780393358414","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/d0c678ed502f3ed3e3a136471fafdfd1.jpg?v=1775792912"},{"product_id":"lion-by-tina-chang-9781324124177","title":"Lion","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eLion\u003c\/em\u003e, Tina Chang mines personal and collective memory to explore safety and danger, visibility and invisibility as an Asian American woman. Throughout the collection, Chang responds to multi-hyphenate women artists, including Haena Yoo, H?ng-Ân Truong, Astria Suparak, and a collective whose work paid tribute to the life of Christina Yuna Lee, a young woman who was killed during the height of anti-Asian hate crimes. Responding to art across various media—text, illustration, painting, video, and sculpture—\u003cem\u003eLion\u003c\/em\u003e sparks cross-disciplinary dialogue on Asian American perspectives, surveillance, and the myth of the model minority.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the aftermath of the pandemic is examined, so too are the structures of bias, racism, and violence that continue. The collection's title explores the word's cultural history, composite Chinese iconography, and lion-centered explorations of strength and mastery. \u003cem\u003eLion\u003c\/em\u003e traverses the closeness and distance between the racialised self the world views and the perceived self who endures and survives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom \"Text:\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt was music when the lion walked into my home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI thought I felt it lick my palm. I bent low to the ground,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eto watch it craving though I was starving too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe tongue touches a valley inside the mouth,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eonly wounding can reach. The body of a gazelle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eruns wildly inside my knotted heart. The beast\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003estruggles within, bones lit with grief, a rush\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eof pursuit, sings me into the skin of the living.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67807635865836,"sku":"9781324124177","price":73.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781324124177-lion-1.jpg?v=1792525537"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/tina-chang.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}