{"product_id":"anon-9781646052219","title":"Anon","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of love poems addressed to an adverb, \u003ci\u003eAnon\u003c\/i\u003e meditates on the temporal \"at once\" between desire and language. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the playful verses of Slovenia's Tomaz Salamun to the brushstrokes of an Edo period painting, \u003ci\u003eTwo Gibbons Reaching for the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e by Japan's Ito Jakuchu, a character for the displaced Beloved emerges in this tapestry of time and art across borders. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAnon\u003c\/i\u003e, the Beloved reflects: How might translating a human experience, from one language to the next, be an act of longing for the anonymous Other? Or how might this longing for beauty, and the wordless face, heal us both? How might Eros, in exile, respond? With these questions, Vietnam's Mekong delta becomes the book's central force. Endangered gibbons swing from the ruins of ecocide, and each image―rose, ape, and river―weaves itself into an undercurrent of postcolonial time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSophia Terazawa is the author of two poetry collections with Deep Vellum, along with two chapbooks, \u003ci\u003eI AM NOT A WAR\u003c\/i\u003e (Essay Press), a winner of the 2015 Essay Press Digital Chapbook Contest, and \u003ci\u003eCorrespondent Medley\u003c\/i\u003e (Factory Hollow Press), winner of the 2018 Tomaz Salamun Prize. She's a graduate of the University of Arizona's MFA program, where she also served as Poetry Editor of \u003ci\u003eSonora Review\u003c\/i\u003e. She currently teaches at Virginia Tech.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50486016508178,"sku":"9781646052219","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d01734f9-4cab-4cfc-920c-ea74e1db23a9.jpg?v=1730417812","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/anon-9781646052219","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}