{"product_id":"fablemaker-mandy-moe-pwint-tu-9781958652183","title":"Fablemaker: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A blazing display of bravura and bravado . . . each of [Tu's] utterances [is] a lesson in runic risk.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\" -ko ko thett, poet and translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelected by Ng Yi-Sheng as the winner of the 2024 Gaudy Boy Poetry Book Prize.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBorn out of a myriad of griefs in the wake of Myanmar's violent return to military rule, \u003cem\u003eFablemaker\u003c\/em\u003e alchemizes the pains of a fractured life into heart song. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn February 1, 2021, Myanmar's military staged a coup d'etat, imprisoning the country's democratically elected leaders and declaring a state of emergency. In response, the people of Myanmar sustained ongoing protest acts in full defiance the military. Mandy Moe Pwint Tu's debut, \u003cem\u003eFablemaker\u003c\/em\u003e, written during the Spring Revolution, weaves together a troubled familial history and a national reckoning. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collection follows the speaker as she contends with her father's untimely death, her country's crisis, and her de facto exile to the United States. Wrought with tenderness, the poems bear witness to loss, rage, grief, and love-and the fables she created to survive it all. Through Burmese folklore, formal invention, and addresses to a \"dear fellow fablemaker,\" Tu strives to imagine a self and a world that, after their devastation, recover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mandy Moe Pwint Tu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1958652180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781958652183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gaudy Boy, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.29d","brand":"Mandy Moe Pwint Tu","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47002135199999,"sku":"9781958652183","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a12172d3-00f1-44fc-83a8-cd758218d30d.jpg?v=1751603189","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fablemaker-mandy-moe-pwint-tu-9781958652183","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}