{"product_id":"a-thousand-times-you-lose-hoa-nguyen-9781950268177","title":"A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST FOR POETRY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection inspired by Hoa's mother, a stunt motorcyclist in an all-woman Vietnamese circus troupe, is verse meditation on Vietnam's diaspora.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoa Nguyen's latest collection is a poetic meditation on historical, personal, and cultural pressures pre- and post-\"Fall-of-Saigon\" and comprises a verse biography on her mother, Diep Anh Nguyen, a stunt motorcyclist in an all-woman Vietnamese circus troupe. Multilayered, plaintive, and provocative, the poems in \u003cem\u003eA Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure\u003c\/em\u003e are alive with archive and inhabit histories. In turns lyrical and unsettling, her poetry sings of language and loss; dialogues with time, myth and place; and communes with past and future ghosts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hoa Nguyen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1950268179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781950268177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wave Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/22\/2021 pg. 57\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2021 pg. 118","brand":"Hoa Nguyen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44053845606655,"sku":"9781950268177","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1fc30cf3-dac3-4250-b960-a5b441f8d865.jpg?v=1685026561","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-thousand-times-you-lose-hoa-nguyen-9781950268177","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}