{"product_id":"becoming-ghost-poetry-9781668088920","title":"Becoming Ghost: Poetry","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe long-awaited sophomore poetry collection by award-winning writer Cathy Linh Che, on familial estrangement, the Vietnam War, and Francis Ford Coppola's \u003ci\u003eApocalypse Now.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe follow-up to her acclaimed poetry debut \u003ci\u003eSplit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBecoming Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e documents Cathy Linh Che's parents' experiences as refugees who escaped the Vietnam War and then were cast as extras in Francis Ford Coppola's film \u003ci\u003eApocalypse Now\u003c\/i\u003e, placing them at the margins of their own story. The poetry collection uses persona, speculation, and the golden shovel form as a means of moving Vietnamese voices from the periphery to the center. The speaker's disownment raises questions about the challenges of using parents as poetic subjects, telling familial stories to a broader public, and the meaning of forgiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCathy Linh Che is a Vietnamese American writer and multidisciplinary artist. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eSplit\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America and the Best Poetry Book Award from the Association of Asian American Studies, \u003ci\u003eAn Asian American A to Z\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e: A Children's Guide to Our History\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBecoming Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writing has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's \u003c\/i\u003eand she has received awards from MacDowell, Bread Loaf, Tin House, and the Sewanee Writers' Conference. She currently lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Washington Square Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51243925864722,"sku":"9781668088920","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4367d3b1-fc9d-4eb3-8728-5ea84b8c0d6d.jpg?v=1745875347","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/becoming-ghost-poetry-9781668088920","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}