{"product_id":"everyday-flowers-kalpana-asok-9781732053359","title":"Everyday Flowers","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf you've wondered how it must feel to be a stranger in a strange land, Kalpana Asok tells you in these gentle poems. Gentle, but with a hint of irony, as when, in the voice of a new arrival, an Indian woman introduces herself to a new American neighbor, and then, in an almost footnoted last line that lets us know she was never invited into the house: \"Dear Ethel, Thank you for the lemonade\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the visits on your porch.\" The feeling of dislocation surfaces sharply in another, when she asks, \"My mother's in my mirror\/is she walled in\/am I locked out . . . .\" Vivid images greet us throughout, as she explores, wide-eyed, this new world, where a \"chatty American\" wears a \"different baseball cap every day\" and is \"full of information.\" The gentle voice rises in indignation in strong, tightly crafted poems about social injustice, as in \"I Can't Breathe,\" with a first stanza ending in \"Yes, metoo.\" Remembering or perhaps dreaming, she gives us a \"Tiger Preserve,\" with a \"Lurching blind-drunk female \/in the middle of the day\/Slapping holy ground . . . .\" The gentle voice returns in this lovely debut collection, ending with a lullaby, \"Tenderly,\" in hummed syllables: \"\u003cem\u003eUmhmm, --Irene Willis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ehmmm hmm hmm . . . .\"\u003c\/em\u003e Read it with delight and continued discovery. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kalpana Asok\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1732053359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781732053359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ipbooks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/10\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.10d","brand":"Kalpana Asok","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43937881456895,"sku":"9781732053359","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_320cec8d-0af9-474e-a921-0e0ac1b6d0da.jpg?v=1681432474","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/everyday-flowers-kalpana-asok-9781732053359","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}