{"product_id":"di-achichuk-dorian-merina-9789715509213","title":"Di Achichuk: Poems and Images from Batanes","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a beautiful, moving example of the poetry of place. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAchichúk names both the collection and the place with which Merina is deeply familiar. That two-part signification invites us to read Achichúk as lyric geography. Its best poems convey deftness, verve, and grace. And the syntax found in the poems--in the arrangements on the page and the word-music they score--embody the energies of tide and wind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf culture is a form of survival, then Merina not only enriches Philippine poetry but also enables Ivatan culture to thrive in a language that his tillage has made hospitable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--John Labella, Ateneo de Manila University \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDorian S. Merina is a poet and journalist. He is the author of two chapbooks of poetry, Stone of the Fish and The Changegiver, and a spoken word album, Heaven is a Second Language. He lives with his wife and daughter in Savidug, Sabtang, where he helps to document and preserve the Ivatan indigenous oral poetry, Laji.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dorian Merina\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9715509215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789715509213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ateneo de Manila Univ Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Dorian Merina","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49097142108415,"sku":"9789715509213","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/di-achichuk-dorian-merina-9789715509213","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}