{"product_id":"invisible-gifts-poems-9781945665080","title":"Invisible Gifts: Poems","description":"In her first full-length collection of poems, Win depicts a colorful world imbued with unexpected paradoxes: nature is both comforting and savagely unnerving; love is permanent and fleeting; the accuracy and flaws of memory abound. Her experiences with illness and recovery intertwine with her identity as a Burmese American daughter of immigrant doctors, flowing in poems like \"Hands\" \u003ci\u003eMy father's hands, frail birds, shaking wings. \/ In Burmese, \"win\" means bright. \/ Hands that stitched skin together and brought back life.\u003c\/i\u003e Win's unique perspective and artful language offer readers insight into how the heart can bend and mend without breaking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWin, Maw Shein:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Maw Shein Win is a Burmese American poet, editor, and educator who lives and works in the Bay Area. Her writing has appeared in many journals and several anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eCimarron Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFanzine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEleven Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Fabulist\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCross-Strokes: Poetry Between Los Angeles and San Francisco\u003c\/i\u003e. She was an artist-in-residence at Headlands Center for the Arts, and is a member of the San Francisco Writers' Grotto. She often collaborates with visual artists, musicians, and other writers. Win's poetry is featured in artist Megan Wilson's mural, \u003ci\u003eFlower Interruption\u003c\/i\u003e, a featured artwork in the special exhibition \u003ci\u003eFlower Power\u003c\/i\u003e at San Francisco's Asian Art Museum. She is the first Poet Laureate of El Cerrito.","brand":"Manic D Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525216833810,"sku":"9781945665080","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_763dfe06-1c33-4e8c-ab28-497f6ee63989.jpg?v=1731208704","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/invisible-gifts-poems-9781945665080","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}