{"product_id":"dumb-luck-other-poems-9781680033854","title":"Dumb Luck \u0026 Other Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e Christine Kitano's \u003ci\u003eDumb Luck \u0026amp; other poems \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a portrait of a thirty-something Asian American woman who finds herself living in the relative safety of upstate New York before and during the pandemic. In one poem the speaker reflects on current events (the ongoing pandemic, the murder of George Floyd and the ensuing protests, the surge in anti-Asian sentiment in the U.S.) and contrasts these with the peace of rural New York, wondering, \"Is this \/ the reward for good luck, just a more \/ comfortable survival?\" The poems in this collection orbit around this question, providing both lyric and narrative explorations on luck, guilt, and survival. Ultimately, these poems delve into how the otherwise mundane questions of selfhood and identity for a gendered and racialized body take on greater urgency during times of increased social unrest, panic, and violence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of The 2023 Robert Phillips Chapbook Prize, selected by Alison Pelegrin. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e CHRISTINE KITANO is the author of the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eBirds of Paradise \u003c\/i\u003e(Lynx House Press) and \u003ci\u003eSky Country \u003c\/i\u003e(BOA Editions), which won the Central New York Book Award and was a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize. She is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThey Rise Like a Wave \u003c\/i\u003e(Blue Oak Press), an anthology of Asian American women and nonbinary poets. She is an associate professor in the Lichtenstein Center at Stony Brook University and also serves on the poetry faculty for the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Texas Review Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50727619264786,"sku":"9781680033854","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c84778bc-087d-46ca-926a-f028c43bdb13.jpg?v=1734915560","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dumb-luck-other-poems-9781680033854","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}