{"product_id":"the-trees-witness-everything-victoria-chang-9781556596322","title":"The Trees Witness Everything","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lover of strict form, best-selling poet Victoria Chang turns to compact Japanese waka, powerfully innovating on tradition while continuing her pursuit of one of life's hardest questions: how to let go.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Trees Witness Everything, \u003c\/i\u003e Victoria Chang reinvigorates language by way of concentration, using constraint to illuminate and free the wild interior. Largely composed in various Japanese syllabic forms called \"wakas,\" each poem is shaped by pattern and count. This highly original work innovates inside the lineage of great poets including W.S. Merwin, whose poem titles are repurposed as frames and mirrors for the text, stitching past and present in complex dialogue. Chang depicts the smooth, melancholic isolation of the mind while reaching outward to name-with reverence, economy, and whimsy-the ache of wanting, the hawk and its shadow, our human urge to hide the minute beneath the light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Victoria Chang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1556596324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556596322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 4.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/21\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2022","brand":"Victoria Chang","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052062142719,"sku":"9781556596322","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fe4152c1-f68b-4a69-b0b9-3c2bb4ba02be.jpg?v=1685016742","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-trees-witness-everything-victoria-chang-9781556596322","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}