{"product_id":"togetherness-wo-chan-9781643621449","title":"Togetherness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER of the 2023 Publishing Triangle Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Firecracker Award for Poetry! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA debut poetry collection in which non-binary poet and drag performer Wo Chan recounts stories from their queer childhood and adolescence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTogetherness\u003c\/i\u003e sends out sparks from its electric surface, radiating energy and verve from within its deep and steady emotional core: stories of the poet's immigrant childhood spent in their family's Chinese restaurant, culminating in a deportation battle against the State. These narrative threads weave together monologue, soaring lyric descants, and document, taking the positions of apostrophe, biography, and soulful plaint to stage a vibrant and daring performance in which drag is formalism and formalism is drag--at once campy and sincere, queer, tender, and winking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wo Chan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1643621440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643621449\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nightboat Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.80w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2022","brand":"Wo Chan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054385557759,"sku":"9781643621449","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fdb741d1-8265-4e0e-9289-79a0be3ea834.jpg?v=1685029662","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/togetherness-wo-chan-9781643621449","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}